THE 



FLORIST'S GUIDE; 



CONTAINING 



PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS 



FOR THE 

 CULTIVATION OF ANN JAL, BIENNIAL, AND PERENNIAL 



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. 



THIRD EDITION, ENLARGED AND IMPROVED. 



BY T. BRIDGEMAN, 



&acUener, SeeTrsmcm, ami JHotfst, Weto*Yctft 



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NEW YORK: 

 For sale by T. Bridgeman, corner of 18th-st. and Broadway, immediately 

 north of Union Tiace Park; G. C. Thorburn, No. 11, John st ; Alexander 

 Smith, 388 Broadway, N. Y. ; G R. Garretson, Flushing. L. I. ; Wm 

 Thorburn, Albany; Reynolds, and Bateham, Rochester ; Hovey & Co'. 

 Ellis and Bosson, Joseph Brcck and Co. Boston ; Hirst and Dreer, D 

 Landreth and Co. Philadelphia, J Cairns, Newark, N. J.; R. Sinclair 

 Jr. and Co. Baltimore; J. F. Callan, Washington City; Turner end 

 Hughes, Raleigh, N. C; J. Houston, Cleveland; S. C. Parkhurst, 

 Cincinnati; T. Pringre and Co. New Orleans and Natchez; John Thor- 

 burn. St. Louis, Missouri ; and other Seedsmen and Florists in various 

 purts of the United States ; also by Booksellers in general. 



1840. 



