THE 



AMERICAN GARDENER'S 

 CALENDAR, 



ADAPTED TO THE 



CLIMATES AND SEASONS 



OF THE 



UNITED STATES: 



CONTAINING 

 A COMPLETE ACCOUNT OF ALL THE WORK NECESSARY TO BE DONE 



KITCHEN-GARDEN, PLEASURE-GROUND, 



FRUIT-GARDEN, FLOWER-GARDEN. 



ORCHARD, GREEN-HOUSE, 



VINEYARD, HOT-HOUSE, and 



NURSERY, FORCING FRAMES, 



FOR EVERY MONTH IN THE YEAR; 



WITH 



Stmjjle practical Directions for performing the same. 



ALSO, 



General as well as minute Instructions for laying out or erecting each and 



every of the above departments according to modern taste and the most 



approved plans; the Ornamental Planting of ^Pleasure Grounds, 



in the ancient and modern style: the cultivation of Thorn 



Quirks and other plants suitable for Live Hedges, 



with the best methods of making them, &c. 



TO WHICH ARE ANNEXED, 



Catalogues of Kitchen Gaiulen Plants and aerbs; Aromatic Pot and 



Sweet Herbs; Medicwial Plants; ami the must important 



Grasses, cfc. used in rural economy, with the soil 



best adapted to their cultivation; 



TOGETHER WITH 



A COPIOUS INDEX TO TPIE BODY OF THE WORK. 



U- 



BY BERNARD M'MAHON. 



NINTH EDITION. GR] A 1T.\ [HPRO\ ED. 



PHILADELPHIA: 



PUBLISHED BY A. M'MAHON, No '. CLOVER STREET. 



1889. 



