THE 



AMERICAN GARDENER'S 

 CALENDAR, ^ 



ADAPTED TO THE 



CLIMATE AND SEASONS OF THE UNITED STATES: 



CONTAINING 



A COMPLETE ACCOUNT OF ALL THE WORK NECESSARY TO BE DONE 



KITCHEN-GARDEN, PLEASURE-GROUND, 



FRUIT-GARDEN, FLOWER-GARDEN, 



ORCHARD, GREEN-HOUSE, 



VINEYARD, HOT-HOUSE, AND 



NURSERY, FORCING-FRAMES, 



FOR EVERY MONTH IN THE YEAR; 



WITH 



AMPLE PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME. 



ALSO, 



GENERAL AS WELL AS MINUTE INSTRUCTIONS FOR LAYING OUT OR ERECTING EACH AND EVERY OF THE 



ABOVE DEPARTMENTS ACCORDING TO MODERN TASTE AND THE MOST APPROVED PLANS ; THE 



ORNAMENTAL PLANTING OF PLEASURE-GROUNDS, IN THE ANCIENT AND MODERN 



STYLE, THE CULTIVATION OF THORN QUICKS AND OTHER PLANTS 



SUITABLE FOR LIVE HEDGES, WITH THE BEST METHODS 



OF MAKING THEM, ETC. 



TO WHICH ABE ANNEXED 



CATALOGUES OF KITCHEN-GARDEN PLANTS AND HERBS J AROMATIC, POT, AND SWEET HERBS ] 



MEDICINAL PLANTS J AND THE MOST IMPORTANT GRASSES, ETC., USED IN RURAL 



ECONOMY, WITH THE SOIL BEST ADAPTED TO THEIR CULTIVATION J 



TOGETHER WITH 



A COPIOUS INDEX TO THE BODY OF THE WORK. 



BY 



BERNARD M'MAHON. 

 i 



bitten, featlg (Bnlargeb, gmgrofob, attb IUwsfrateb. 



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'PHILADELPHIA: 



J. B. OT^PINCOTT AND CO. 



1857. 



