The 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, &c. Instructions for erecting a hot-house, green-house, and laying out a flower garden. Also, table of soils most congenial to the plants contained in the work. 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

Philadelphia : Carey & Hart, 1841., 1841. Very Good. 379, [1] 4 pp. ; 23 cm. ; LC: SB405; Dewey: 582.13 ; OCLC: 4122951 ; Full title: The American flower garden directory : containing practical directions for the culture of plants in the flower garden, hot-house, garden-house, rooms, or parlour windows, for every month in the year ... Instructions for erecting a hot-house, green-house, and laying out a flower garden. Also, table of soils most congenial to the plants contained in the work. 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 ; beige boards with brown half cloth ; remains of paper label ; wear to covers ; name on front ep ; no dustjacket ; hinges tight ; G ; By 1841, Robert Buist, a Philadelphia nurseryman and florist of longstanding, had upwards of 12,000 square feet of glass hothouses at his location in 140 South Twelfth Street, whose pla nts he offered shipped to any port of North or South America ; his descriptions of Noisette Roses, as well as many others herein set out, are among the earliest lists of varieties available in the antebellum period; Subjects touched upon include, Acacia, Acmadenia, Aconitum, Adam's Needle, Adanandra, Adonis, Agapanthus, Agathea, Air plants, Agathosma, Alligator Pear, Allspice tree, Aloe, Alonsoa, Aloysia, Alpina, Alstroemeria, Althaea, Amaryllis, American cowslip, Amomum, Amocharis, Amorpha, Ampelopsis, Anagyris, Anemone, Aniseseed tree, Annesleia, Annuals, Anthericum, Antirrhinum, Apicra, Araucaria, Arborvitae, Arbutus, or strawberry tree, Ardisia, Areca, Aristea, Aristolochia, Armeria, Asclepias, Aster, Astraphaea, Atragene, Aucub a, Auricula, Azalea, Babiana, Baeckia, Bamboo cane, Bambusa, Banana tree, Banisteria, Banksia, Barbadoes cherry, Bark pit, Barosma, Barringtonia, Beaumontia, Beaufortia, Bee larkspur, Begonia, Bellis, Belladonna, Benthamia, Bignonia, Billardiera, Bithwort, Bletia, Boronia, Bosea, Bouvardia, Brachysema, Bramble rose,Brassia, Brompton stock, Brownia, Brunfelsia, Brugmansia, Brunia, Brunsvigia, Budding roses, Buddlea, Buonapartea, Buphone, Burchellia, Cactus, Cabbage tree, Calathea, Calceo laria, Calla, Callistemon, Callicoma, Caltha, Cape bulbs, Cape (crape) myrtle, Caprifolium, Carissa, Catasstum, Carolinia , Carolina jasmine, Caryota, Cattleya, Calothamnus, Carmichaelia, Camellia, Campanula, Camphor tree, Canna, Carnations, Ceanothus, Centranthus, Cerbera, Cereus, Ceropegia, Chamaerops, Chelone, Cherianthus, Chorizema, Chrysanthemum, Chinese hybrid roses, Cineraria, Cinnamomum, Cistus, Citrus, Clematis, Clerodendrum, Clethera, Clianthus, Clivia, Coboea , Coffea, Coffee tree, Colchicum, Colutea, Combretum, Convolvulus, Cookia, Coreopsis, Corn flag, Coronilla, Coral plant, Correa, Corypha, Cowslip, Crassula, Crataegus, Crinum, Crocus, Croton, Crowea, Crown imperial, Cunonia, Cupressus, Curcuma, Cy cas, Cyclamen, Cydonia, Cymbidium, Cypripedium, Cyrtanthus, Cytisus, Dahlia, Daisy, Dampiera, Daphne,Date palm, Daviesia, Day lily,Delphinium, Dendrobium, Dianthus, Dictamnus, Digitalis, Dillenia, Dillwynia, Dionaea, Diosma, Diplacus, Dodecath eon, Double rocket, Doryanthus, Dracaena, Dracocephalum, Dragon's head, Dragon's tree, Dryandra, Dutchman's pipe, Dutch roots, Dyckia, Echeveria, Echinacactus, Edwardsia, Elephant's foot, Elichrysum, Embotherium, Enarching, Enkianthus, Entelea , Epacris, Epidendrum, Epiphyllum, Epiphytes, Eranthemum, Erica, Eriobotrya, Erodium, Erythrina, Escallonia, Eucalyptus, Euchilus, Eucomis, Eugenia, Eupatorium, Euphorbia, Eutaxia, Fan palm, Ferraria, Ficus, Fig tree, Firing, Flower de luce, Flowering stocks, Fox glove, Fritillaria, Fuchsia, Funkia, Gardenia, Gardoquia, Gasteria, Geissomeria, Gelsemium, Genista, Geraniums, Gesneria, Geum, Gladiolus, Glazing, Gloriosa, Gloxinia, Glycine, Gnaphalium, Gnidia, Gongora, Gompholobium, Gooden; etc ; VG