102 MANAGEMENT OF GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



distinct heads; I shall, therefore, not attempt in this edition 

 to write largely on the subject. 



la order to render this little work useful to those who 

 may wish to avail themselves of the pleasure of nursing 

 some of those beauties of nature in dwelling or green- 

 houses, during the most chilling days of our severe Winters, 

 and to afford amusement to the Ladies at a season when our 

 gardens are deprived of their loveliest charms, I shall notice 

 some essential points connected with the management of 

 greenhouse plants, in as explicit a manner 'as possible, and 

 subjoin a brief catalogue of such species as are most gene- 

 rally cultivated, of which there are innumerable varieties; 

 descriptions of which, with all the varied features of the 

 floral kingdom, may be found iu the voluminous works of 

 Loudon, Sweet, Chandler, and other English writers.* 



The following hints which were selected for the first 

 edition of the Young Gardener's Assistant, appear to the 

 author to embrace the most important points connected with 

 the care of plants in the Winter season. 



* All the most popular English books on this subject, are imported 

 by G. C. Thorburn, No. 11 John Street; amongst which are the 



following : 



"Loudon's Encyclopaedia of Plants," illustrated by engravings and 

 with figures of nearly ten thousand species, exemplifying several indi- 

 viduals belonging to every genus included in the work. Completed in 

 one large volume, 6vo. ..... $20,00 



"Loudon's Encyclopedia of Gardening," comprising the Theory and 

 Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture and Landscape 

 Gardening; including all the latest improvements. A new edition in 

 one lura-e" volume, 8yo. closely panted, with upwards. of 700 engra- 

 vings, _ - - #12,00 



" Chandler (of London) on the Camellia; containing ample directions 

 for the cultivation df this fine plant, with a superb plate of all the present 

 known varieties in En Jand. ; one volume, 4to. - - $45,"00 



"Hortus B^ttdnJ£Tls',-" a Catalogue of Plants cultivated in the 

 gardens of Great Britain, arranged in natural orders, - $ 3,00 



'The British Flower Garden;'' containing coloured figures, and 

 descriptions of all the most ornamental and curious plants; with their 

 scientific and English names; best method of cultivation and propaga- 

 tion : the heights they generally attain ; or any other information res- 

 pecting them, that may be considered useful or interesting, by R. 

 Bweet,F L. S. &c. the drawings by E. D. Sn)ith! F. L. S. in 5 volumes, 

 Pvo'; calf, and continued in monthly numbers. — A splendid work, {jUOQ 



