AMERICAN 



FLOWER GARDEN DIRECTORY: 



CONTAINING 



PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE CULTURE OF PLANTS 



IN THE 



FLOWER GARDEN, HOT-HOUSE, GREEN-HOUSE, ROOMS, OR 

 PARLOUR WINDOWS, 



FOR EVERY MONTH IN THE YEAR. 



WITH 



A DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANTS MOST DESIRABLE IN EACH, THE NATURE OF 



THE SOIL, AND SITUATION BEST ADAPTED TO THEIR GROWTH, 



THE PROPER SEASON FOR TRANSPLANTING, ETC. 



WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR ERECTING A 



HOT-HOUSE, GREEN-HOUSE, AND LAYING OUT A FLOWER 

 GARDEN, 



THE WHOLE ADAPTED TO EITHER LARGE OR SMALL GARDENS, 



WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING THE SOIL, PROPAGATING, 

 PLANTING, PRUNING, TRAINING AND FRUITING THE 



GRAPE VINE. 



WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BEST SORTS FOR CULTIVATING IN THE OPEN AIB. 



THIRD EDITION, WITH NUMEROUS ADDITIONS. 



BY ROBERT BUIST, 



NURSERYMAN AND 'FLORIST. 



PHILADELPHIA: 



CAREY AND HART. 

 1845. 



