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The American Flower Garden Directory

The American Flower Garden Directory

by Robert Buist

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Author
Buist, Robert, 1805-1880
Title
The American Flower Garden Directory Containing Practical Directions for the Culture of Plants, in the Hot-House, Garden-House, Flower Garden and Rooms or Parlours, for Every Month in the Year
Credits
Produced by Barbara Tozier, Emil Pop, Bill Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
SB: Agriculture: Plant culture
Subject
Floriculture -- United States
Category
Text
eBook-No.
42825
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42825
Release Date
May 27, 2013
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE AMERICAN FLOWER GARDEN DIRECTORY,
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.INTRODUCTION.
  4. 4.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
  5. 5.OMITTED IN MARCH.
  6. 6.ERRATA.
  7. 7.THE AMERICAN FLOWER GARDEN DIRECTORY.
  8. 8.Hot-House. — JANUARY. — OF FIRING AND FUEL. — OF WATERING THE PLANTS. — OF INSECTS, THEIR DESTRUCTION, &c. — OF SHIFTING PLANTS. — OF CLEANSING PLANTS, HOUSE, &c.
  9. 9.Green-House. — JANUARY. — OF WATERING. — CAMELLIA JAPONICA. — OF ORANGES, LEMONS, &c. — OF CAPE BULBS, &c. — OF HYACINTHS AND OTHER BULBOUS ROOTS.
  10. 10.Flower Garden. — JANUARY. — OF FRAMING, &c. — OF PRUNING AND PREPARING FOR SPRING.
  11. 11.ROOMS. — JANUARY. — WATERING, &c. — OF CAMELLIA JAPONICA. — OF INSECTS, &c. — OF BULBOUS ROOTS IN GENERAL.
  12. 12.Hot-House. — FEBRUARY . — OF INSECTS, &c. — OF SHIFTING PLANTS. — OF CLEANSING PLANTS, HOUSE, &c.
  13. 13.Green-House. — FEBRUARY . — OF ORANGES, LEMONS, &c. — OF CAPE BULBS, &c. — CAMELLIA JAPONICA — OF SHIFTING &c. — OF CLEANING, &c.
  14. 14.Flower Garden. — FEBRUARY . — OF PRUNING, &c. — OF PLANTING SHRUBS, &c. — OF HYACINTHS AND OTHER BULBOUS ROOTS. — OF FRAMING, &c.
  15. 15.Rooms. — FEBRUARY .
  16. 16.Hot-House. — MARCH . — OF SHIFTING PLANTS.
  17. 17.Green-House. — MARCH . — OF WATERING. — OF ORANGES, LEMONS, &c. — MYRTLES, OLEANDERS, &c. — GERANIUMS. — HERBACEOUS PLANTS. — OF CAPE BULBS, &c. — REPOTTING. — OF ENARCHING OR GRAFTING BY APPROACH, also termed ABLACTATION.
  18. 18.Flower Garden. — MARCH. — BOX EDGINGS — TENDER ANNUALS. — HARDY ANNUALS — BIENNIALS — PERENNIALS. — BULBOUS ROOTS. — CARNATIONS, PINKS, PRIMROSES, &c. — AURICULAS. — RANUNCULUS AND ANEMONE. — ROSES. — CLIMBING ROSES. — DECIDUOUS ORNAMENTAL FLOWERING SHRUBS. — GRASS PLATS AND WALKS. — GRAVEL WALKS. — OF GRAFTING.
  19. 19.Rooms. — MARCH. — FLOWERING PLANTS.
  20. 20.Hot-House. — APRIL.
  21. 21.Green-House. — APRIL. — WATERING. — ORANGES, LEMONS, &c. — MYRTLES AND OLEANDERS. — GERANIUMS. — HERBACEOUS PLANTS AND BULBOUS ROOTS. — FLOWERING PLANTS. — INSECTS. — FLOWERING STOCKS.
  22. 22.Flower Garden. — APRIL. — ANNUALS. — BIENNIALS AND PERENNIALS. — DAHLIAS. — CHINA ROSES. — CLIMBING ROSES. — CLIMBING PLANTS. — DECIDUOUS SHRUBS. — OF PLANTING EVERGREEN SHRUBS. — CARE OF CHOICE BULBS. — ANEMONES AND RANUNCULUS. — AURICULAS. — CARNATIONS, PINKS, &c. — POLIANTHUS TUBEROSA FLORE PLENO. — AMARYLLIS FORMOSISSIMA, OR JACOBEA LILY. — TIGER FLOWER. — WALKS. — EVERGREEN HEDGES. — BOX EDGINGS. — GRASS PLATS, &c. — GENERAL CARE OF PLANTS COMING INTO FLOWER.
  23. 23.Rooms. — APRIL. — DIRECTIONS FOR PLANTS BROUGHT FROM THE GREEN-HOUSE. — FLOWERING PLANTS. — BRINGING PLANTS OUT OF THE CELLAR, &c.
  24. 24.Hot-House. — MAY. — OF REPOTTING PLANTS, &c. — OF BRINGING OUT THE HOT-HOUSE PLANTS. — SUCCULENTS.
  25. 25.Green-House. — MAY. — WATERING. — OF BRINGING OUT THE GREEN-HOUSE PLANTS. — REPOTTING PLANTS. — CAMELLIAS. — CAPE BULBS.
  26. 26.Flower Garden. — MAY. — ANNUALS, HARDY AND TENDER. — CARE OF HYACINTHS, TULIPS, &c. — ANEMONES AND RANUNCULUS. — DAHLIAS, TUBEROSES, AND AMARYLLIS, — AURICULAS, POLYANTHUS, AND PRIMROSES. — DOUBLE WALL-FLOWERS. — GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
  27. 27.Rooms. — MAY. — CAPE BULBS. — REPOTTING.
  28. 28.Hot-House. — JUNE AND JULY.
  29. 29.Green-House. — JUNE AND JULY.
  30. 30.Flower Garden. — JUNE AND JULY. — HOLLAND BULBS. — AUTUMN FLOWERING BULBS. — CARNATIONS AND PINKS. — OF LAYING CARNATIONS AND PINKS. — PRUNING ROSES. — OF BUDDING OR INOCULATION OF ROSES. — OF WATERING.
  31. 31.Rooms. — JUNE AND JULY.
  32. 32.Hot-House. — AUGUST. — REPOTTING. — OF PAINTING, REPAIRING, AND CLEANSING THE HOUSE.
  33. 33.Green-house. — AUGUST. — GERANIUMS. — ORANGES, LEMONS, &c. — OF PRUNING ORANGES, LEMONS, &c. — OF REPOTTING PLANTS. — GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
  34. 34.FLOWER-GARDEN — AUGUST. — EVERGREEN HEDGES. — CARNATIONS AND PINKS. — BULBOUS ROOTS. — SOWING SEEDS OF BULBOUS ROOTS. — SOWING AND SAVING SEEDS.
  35. 35.Rooms. — AUGUST.
  36. 36.Hot-House. — SEPTEMBER. — DRESSING THE PLANTS. — OF TAKING IN THE PLANTS. — GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
  37. 37.Green-House. — SEPTEMBER. — OF WATERING. — PREPARING FOR TAKING IN THE PLANTS. — STOCKS AND WALL-FLOWERS, — CHRYSANTHEMUMS. — CAPE AND HOLLAND BULBS. — OF REPOTTING.
  38. 38.Flower Garden. — SEPTEMBER. — OF DAHLIAS. — GENERAL CARE OF PLANTS IN POTS. — PREPARE BEDS AND BORDERS FOR BULBOUS ROOTS. — GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
  39. 39.Rooms. — SEPTEMBER. — GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
  40. 40.Hot-House. — OCTOBER.
  41. 41.Green-House. — OCTOBER. — OF TAKING IN AND ARRANGING THE PLANTS. — OF REPOTTING. — CAMELLIAS.
  42. 42.Flower-Garden. — OCTOBER. — OF PLANTING VARIOUS BULBOUS FLOWER ROOTS. — PLANTING AND TRANSPLANTING. — GRASS AND GRAVEL WALKS. — PLANTING EVERGREENS. — GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
  43. 43.Rooms. — OCTOBER. — OF BULBOUS ROOTS. — GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
  44. 44.Hot-House. — NOVEMBER. — OF A CISTERN AND WATER.
  45. 45.Green-House. — NOVEMBER. — OF AIR AND WATER. — OF TENDER BULBS. — GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
  46. 46.Flower-Garden. — NOVEMBER. — PROTECTION OF CHOICE BULBS. — TUBEROSES, DAHLIAS, TIGRIDIAS, AND AMARYLLIS. — ERYTHRINAS. — PRIMROSES, POLYANTHUS, AND DAISIES, — CHOICE CARNATIONS, PINKS, AND AURICULAS, — OF PROTECTING PLANTS IN THE GARDEN. — PROTECTION OF SEEDLING BULBS. — OF PLANTING DECIDUOUS TREES AND SHRUBS. — GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
  47. 47.Rooms. — NOVEMBER. — GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
  48. 48.Hot-House. — DECEMBER. — OF SHUTTERS. — OF PLACING BULBS, &c. IN THE HOT-HOUSE. — GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
  49. 49.Green-House. — DECEMBER. — BULBOUS ROOTS.
  50. 50.Flower Garden. — DECEMBER. — GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
  51. 51.Rooms. — DECEMBER. — ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF A HOT-HOUSE. — ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF A GREEN-HOUSE. — ON LAYING OUT A FLOWER-GARDEN.
  52. 52.Plants described or mentioned in this Work.
  53. 53.INDEX.
  54. 54.LIST OF HARDY SHRUBS.
  55. 55.LIST OF ANNUALS THAT MAY BE SOWN ON A HOT-BED.
  56. 56.HARDY ANNUALS.
  57. 57.HARDY BIENNIALS.
  58. 58.TABLE OF SOILS.
  59. 59.HIBBERT AND BUIST ,

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