AMERICAN 
FLOWER-GARDEN DIRECTORY : 
CONTAINING 
PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE CULTURE OF PLANTS, 
IN 
THE FLOWER-GARDEN, HOT-HOUSE, GREEN-HOUSE, 
ROOMS, OR PARLOUR-WINDOWS, 
FOR EVERY MONTH IN THE YEAR. 
WITH 
A DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANTS MOST DESIRABLE IN EACH, THE NATURE 
OF THE SOIL AND SITUATION BEST ADAPTED TO THEIR GROWTH, 
THE PROPER SEASON FOR TRANSPLANTING, ETC. 
WITH 
INSTRUCTIONS FOR ERECTING 
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THE WHOLE 
ADAPTED TO EITHER LARGE OR SMALL GARDENS. 
WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING THE SOIL, PROPAGATING, 
PLANTING, PRUNING, TRAINING, AND FRUITING 
THE GRAPE VINE, 
WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BEST SORTS FOR CULTIVATING 
IN THE OPEN AIR. 
ROBERT BUIST, 
NURSERYMAN AND SEED-GROWER. 
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PHILADELPHIA: 
A. HART, late CAREY & HART. 
1852. 
