PREFACE. 



It is a common subject of complaint among amateur 

 florists, that the directions for the culture of flowers given in 

 works on Gardening are scattered through so many different 

 volumes, and mixed with so many other matters, as to be of 

 comparatively little use to the possessors of small gardens. 

 Having felt this inconvenience myself, it occurred to me that 

 a Dictionary of the English and botanic names of the most 

 popular flowers, with directions for their culture, would be 

 useful ; and the result is the present volume. 



J. W. L. 



Bayswatcr, 1841. 



