THE AMERICAN 



FLOWER GARDEN DIRECTORY, 



CONTAINING 



PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE CULTURE OF PLANTS, 

 IN THE 



HOT-HOUSE, GARDEN- HOUSE, FLO WES. GARDEN AND 

 ROOMS OR PARLOURS, 



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, &C. 



INSTRUCTIONS FOR ERECTING A 



fHot=iirou3r, <3rmtt=ftottsc, amto lagCng out a jFioton: <Bf artetu 



ALSO 



Table of Soils most congenial to the Plants contained in the Work. 



THE WHOLE ADAPTED TO EITHER LARGE OR SMALL GARDENS, 



WITH 



LISTS OF ANNUALS, BIENNIALS, AND ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS, 



CONTENTS, A GENERAL INDEX, 

 AND A FRONTISPIECE OF CAMELLIA FIMBRIATA. 





BY HIBBERT AND 



EXOTIC NURSERYMEN AND FLORISTS. 



PHILADELPHIA: 



E. L. CAREY & A. HART CHESNUT STREET. 



BOSTON : 



ALLEN & TICKNOR. 

 1834. 





