THE 



AMERICAI HOME GAEDEN. 



BEING 

 PRINCIPLES AND RULES FOR THE CULTURE OF 



VEGETABLES, FEUITS, FLOWERS, AND SHRUBBERY. 



TO WHICH ABE ADDED 



BRIEF NOTES ON FARM CROPS, WITH A TABLE OF THEIR AVERAGE 

 PRODUCT AND CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS. 



BY ALEXANDER WATSON. 



"And the Lord God planted a garden." Gen., iL, 8. 



NEW YORK: 



HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, 



FRANKLIN SQUARE. 



1859. 



