THE 



FAMILY KITCHEN GAEDENER; 



CONTAINING 



PLAIN AND ACCURATE DESCRIPTIONS 



OF ALL THE 



DIFFERENT SPECIES AND VARIETIES 



OF 



CULINARY VEGETABLES; 



WITH 



THEIR BOTANICAL, ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND GERMAN NAMES, ALPHABETICALLY 

 ARRANGED, AND THE BEST MODE OF CULTIVATING THEM, IN THE GARDEN 

 OR UNDER GLASS; "WITH A DESCRIPTION OF IMPLEMENTS AND 

 MEDICINAL HERBS LN GENERAL USE, 



ALSO, 



DESCRIPTIONS AND CHARACTERS OF THE MOST SELECT 

 FRUITS, THEIR MANAGEMENT, PROPAGATION, ETC. 



ILLUSTRATED WITH TWENTY-FIVE ENGRAVINGS, 



J 



BY ROBERT BLIIST, 



AUTHOR OF THE AMERICAN FLOWER-GARDEN' DIRECTORY, ROSE MANUAL, ETC. 



NEW-YORK: 

 PUBLISHED BY C. M. SAXTON; 



J . O . BIKER. 



1854. 



