A 



PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE CULTURE 



OF THE 



CARNATION, 



PINK, AURICULA, POLYANTHUS, RANUNCULUS, 



TULIP, HYACINTH, ROSE, AND 



OTHER FLOWERS: 



DISSERTATION ON SOILS AND MANURES, AND CATALOGUES 

 OF THE MOST ESTEEMED VARIETIES OF EACH FLOWER. 



BY THOMAS HOGG, FLORIST, 



PADDINGTON GREEN, MIDDLESEX. 



The Flower Garden is an endless Source of Pleasure. 



' Si quid novisti rectius i^n,, 

 Candidas imperti, si non, bis atere inecam.' 



(Coition. 



WITH COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS. 



LONDON : 



WHITTAKER & CO., AVE-MARIA-LANE. 

 1839. 



