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DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF PERENNIAL, BIENNIAL, 

 AND ANNUAL FLOWERS, WITH DIREC- 

 TIONS FOR THEIR CULTIVATION. 



" Not a tree, 



A plant, a leaf, a blossom, but contains 

 A folio volume. We may read, and read, 

 And read again, and still find something new," 

 Something to please, and something to instruct." 



To cultivate all the species and varieties of flowers describ- 

 ed in this section of the work, will require a greater extent 

 of land than most of ray readers will be disposed to ap- 

 propriate to a flower-garden, even if they have the time 

 and requisite skill to devote themselves to its cultivation. 



It must be left to the judgment of each one to select 

 from this list such plants as they have space for, and time 

 to attend to. There are many other interesting orna- 

 mental plants which might be noticed, but should I at- 

 tempt to describe all that are known, it would require a 

 number of volumes like the present one, to complete the 

 list. 



Such have been the diligence and perseverance of col- 

 lectors of plants who within the last fifty years, have been 

 sent out to all parts of the world, under the patronage 

 of wealthy individuals and associations in Europe, that 

 one would suppose that every nook and corner of the 

 globe had been explored, and that nothing more of interest 

 could be garnered up to gratify the eye of the florist. 



But such is not the fact. Every year brings to light 

 " something new, something to please, and something to 

 instruct," in the floral kingdom. But, however rare and 

 interesting many of these newly discovered plants may be 



