The divisions of the work are under title Florist's journal, and 



the outside title reads British florist. Very fine hand-colored 



plates. 



Non-scientific articles on description and culture of plants: 



each month a calendar of the current month and a resume of 



weather conditions of the month preceding, is given. 



Buist, Robert 



American f lovper-ga? ten directory; containing practical directions 

 for the culture of plants in the fiower-garden, hot-house, green- 

 house, rooms, or parlour windows, for every month in the year. . . 

 with instructions for erecting a hot-house, green-house, and laying 

 out a flower-garden. . .with instructions for preparing the soil, 

 propagating, planting, pruning, training, and fruiting the grape vine. 

 New York, cl854. Orange Judd, 334 p. 20 cm. cl. 



Carter's practical gardener; a handy book on everyday matters connected 



with garden routine; illustrated, ed. 3. 



London, 1869. E. Marlborough & co., 138, advertisements, xviii p., 



illus. 17 cm. pa. 



Colored designs for flower-beds. 



Directions for each month, particularly for the professional 

 gardener, including much material on conservatories, orchid- 

 house, etc. 



Cecil, the Hon. Mrs. Eveljm (The Honorable Alicia Amlierst) 



A history of gardening in England, ed. 3. 



New York, 1910. Dutton, xviii&383 p., illus. 23% cm. cl. 



The text of the book is extremely interesting, and the facsimile 

 prints as well. 



Very good bibliograpliy of English books on gardening, begin- 

 ning with 1516. & author list. . 



Churcli, Ella Hodman 



The home garden (Appleton's home books) 



New York, 1889. D. Appleton, 121 p., illus. 20 cm. cl. 



A very good book for the lover of a small sweet garden. 



Copeland, Robert Morris 



Country life; a handbook of agriculture, horticulture, and landscape 

 gardening. 

 ^Boston, 1859. John P. Jewett & co., X&804 p., engr. 22 cm. cl. 



Chronological arrangement by months. Deals particularly with 

 landscape gardening. 



Downing, Andrew Jackson 



Rural essays. . .edited, with a memoir of the author, by George Wil- 

 liam Curtis, and a letter to his friends, by Frederika Bremer. 

 New York, cl853. Leavitt & Allen, Lxxi&557 p., illus. 231/0 cm. cl. 

 Landscape gardening. "The horticulturist and journal of rural 

 art and rural taste," edited by Downing, will be found among 

 the books on the Farm-Stead. 



Downing, Andrew Jackson 



A treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening adapted 

 to North America; with a view to the improvement of country resi- 

 dences. . .with remarks on rural architecture, 

 ed. 4 enl. rev. and newly ilius. 



New York, 1849. Putnam, 532 p., illus. 24 cm. cl. 

 same; ed. 5, New York, 1856. Saxton, 532 p., illus., front, (port, of 

 Downing) 24 cm. cl. 



Of great interest as the earliest distinctively American work 

 on the subject. Many illustrations of contemporary American 

 residences are given. 



The Florist, fruitist, and garden miscellany v. 12, 1859. London, 1859. 

 "Florist" office, 378 p , woodcuts and col. pi. 22 cm. cl. 

 An English periodical on gardening matters. 



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