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AMEKICAN 



FLOWER-GARDEN DIRECTORY: 



CONTAINING 



PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE CULTURE OF PLANTS 



IN THE 



Flower-garden, hot-house, green-house, rooms, or 

 parlor windows, 



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, ETC. 



WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR ERECTING A 



HOT-HOUSE, GREEN-HOUSE, AND LAYING OUT A FLOWER- 

 GARDEN. 



THE WHOLE ADAPTED TO EITHER LARGE OR SMALL GARDENS. 



WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING THE SOIL, PROPAGATING, 

 PLANTING, PRUNING, TRAINING AND FRUITING THE 



GRAPE VINE. 



WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE ]^EST SOKTS FOE CULTIVATING IN THE OPEN AIR. 



FOURTH EDITION, WITH NUMEROUS ADDITIONS, 



BY ROBERT BUIST, 



NURSERYMAN AND SEED-GROWER. 



PHILADELPHIA: 



A. HART, LATE CAREY AND HART. 



1851. 



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