GUIDE 



TO 



THE CONSERVATORY; 



BEING A 



CONCISE TREATISE 



ON 



THE MANAGEMENT 



OF THE 



HOTHOUSE AND GREENHOUSE; 



THE FORCING OF BULBS, SHRUBS, ETC., 



AND 



THE BEST MODE OF KEEPING UP A SUCCESSION OF BLOOMS THROUGHOUT 

 EVERY MONTH OF THE YEAR J 



EXEMPLIFIED IN 



A SELECT LIST OF THE MOST ADMIRABLE PLANTS 

 OF THE PRESENT DAY, 



UNDER THE ARRANGEMENTS OF JUSSIEU AND LINN^US, 



INCLUDING THEIR NATIVE COUNTRY, PROPAGATION, AND THE 

 SOIL ADAPTED TO EACH. 



BY RICHARD ^BAINBRIDGE, 



FLOWER GARDENER TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD WEN LOCK. 



FROM NOTES OF THE AUTHOR^ DAILY PRACTICE, 



AND COMMUNICATIONS FURNISHED BY 



LIBERAL EMINENT FLORICULTURISTS. 



LONDON: 



ROBERT BALDWIN, 47, PATERNOSTER ROW. 

 1842. 



