THE FLORIST'S GUIDE, 



CONTAINING 



PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE CULTIVATION OF ANNUAL, 

 BIENNIAL, AND PERENNIAL 



FLOWERING PLANTS, 



OF DIFFERENT CLASSES, 



HERBACEOUS AND SHRUBBY, 

 BULBOUS, FIBROUS AND TUBEROUS ROOTED, 



INCLUDING THE DOUBLE DAHLIA. 



WITH A MONTHLY CALENDAR, 



CONTAINING INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF 

 GREENHOUSE PLANTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 



THB WHOr.1!! ADAPTED TO THE CLIMATE OF THE UNITED STATES. 



A NEW AND IMPROVED EDITION. 



By THOMAS BRIDGEMAN, 



Gardener, Seedsman, and Florist. 



NEW-YORK: 



FOR SALE BY THE AUTHOR, BROADWAY, CORNER OF EIGHTEENTH-ST. 



George C. Thorburn, 15 John-street ; Alex'r Smith, 383 Broadway, N Y. ; Wilham Thorburn, 

 Broadway, Albany. C. F. Crosman, Rochester Hovey & Co ; Joseph Breck & Co., Boston. 

 D. Landreth & Munns ; H. A Dreer, Phdadeipliia. Gibson & Ritchie. Newark, N. Jersey. 

 R. Sinclair, Jr. & Co, Baltimore. J. F. Callan. Washmgton City. Henry Cook, Alexan- 

 dria, D C. Frederick Wittpenn, Charleston, S. C. Turner & Hughes, Raleigh, N. C. 

 Mosely & Co, Mobile. Wm Dinn. New Orleans. N.W. Hatch & Co, Vicksburg. Jamea 

 M. Thorburn, St Louis. S. C. PMrUluirst, Cincinnati : and other Seedsmen. Also, by Sax- 

 ton & Miles, 209 Broadway ; E. Walker, l\4 Fultori-»t,N. Y. ; and Booksellers in general. 



1845. 



