ADVERTISEMENT 
TO 
THE ENGLISH EDITION. 
The cultivation of the Flower Garden is frequently not 
only an expensive but a disappointing pursuit, from the pos- 
sessor of a garden not knowing any thing of the nature or 
habits of the flowers he wishes to rear. In this little work, 
all the information necessary for the rearing any flower that 
will come to perfection in the open ground, in this country, 
is plainly and concisely given. 
The mode of treatment of plants in pots, those pets of 
the parlour-window, is particularly attended to ,* and those 
flowers which are best fitted for this mode of cultivation are 
pointed out, and the method of preserving them through the 
winter, and of increasing or rearing them, is detailed in a 
manner so plain, that an unprofessional person need not 
fear of success. 
Plants requiring much or little water, much or little light, 
are distinguished ; what kind, if any, protection is called for 
in winter ; and when, or how, seeds are to be sown, or other 
means of propagation be resorted to, is familiarly detailed. 
Thus forming, on the whole, a work that will enable any 
one possessing a Flower Garden, successfully to become his 
own Gardener. 
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