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

INDEX.

Airing the green-house, 20. 38. 172.
hot-house, 33.

Annuals, of sowing tender, 53.

Awning for hyacinths, 202.
for carnations, 277.
for plants, 256.


Box edgings, directions for planting, 139.

Bulbs, of protecting, 25.
preserving of Cape, 175.
method of planting Dutch 318.
care of tender 328.

Bulbous roots, of uncovering, 152.
protecting, 152.


Cistern, of a, 12. 273.

Cold, in the green-house, effects of, 21.

Cleanliness, good and bad effects of, 38.

Clipping shrubs, observations on, 44.

Carnation, qualities of a fine, 275.
and pink layers, care of, 307.

Camellias, period of selecting, 316.

Coverings, oil-cloth, 342.


Damp, in the green-house, effects of, 20. 22.

Dahlias, forwarding in a hot-bed, 181.

Daisies, primroses, &c. method of protecting, 321.


Engine for the green-house, best kind of, 19.

Enarching, method of, 127.

Edgings, fancy, 162.
method of dressing box, 211.


Fires, how to regulate the, 21. 33.

Fumigating, method of, 13.

Frames, of protecting, 26.


Glass, effects of broken, 43.
of double, 338.

Grass-seeds, most approved, 161.
walks, of laying down, ib.

Grafting, whip or tongue, 163.

Green-house, temperature of the, 340.
how to regulate the, ib.

Geraniums, how to prune or dress, 286.


Hedges, how to keep evergreen, 211.

Herbaceous plants, how to treat, 325.
criterion for planting, 151.

Hotbeds, of making, 52. 178.

Hyacinth, properties of a good, 202.

Hyacinths, of plunging new potted, 305.


Insects, their destruction, 12. 30. 35. 56.
effects of light on, 17.

Inoculation, method of, 47.


Liquid for orange and lemon trees, 39.
to destroy the cocus insect, 15.

Lime trees, situation in the green-house of, 312.

Leaves, bad effects of, 332.


Mildew on Camellias, &c., how to destroy, 22, 23. 173.

Manure, fermentation of, 52.


Orange and Lemon trees, when to transplant, 287.
how to prune, 289.


Plants, criterion for repotting, 126.
of training climbing green-house, 176.
in summer the best situation for, 256.

Pots, method of draining flower, 126.

Pruning, good or bad effects of, 27.
various shrubs, manner of, 45.
China roses, manner of, 189.
climbing ever-blooming roses, method of, 191.
roses, 195.

Planting, bad effects in, 334,
state of the soil when, 48.

Pink, qualities of a fine, 276.

Perennials, description of fine, 133.

Parlours, treatment of plants in, 28. 54. 343.


Repotting plants, 17. 35. 41. 57. 61. 169.

Roses, how to retard the blooming of, 155.
finest sorts of, 156.
varieties of, ib.
of fancy planting, 157.
of mulching, 158.
in June, reasons for pruning, 279.
nature of the soil for, 323.
early, how to have, 344.


Shutters, benefit of, 10.
how to make, 337.

Slugs, detect, 25.
how to destroy, 267.

Stocks, of procuring seed from flowering, 176.

Shrubs, of uncovering 129.
pleasure and effect of, 48.

Shrubs, manner of planting, 50.
of supporting, 51.
of packing, 51.

Snow on the houses, bad effects of, 34.

Syringes, best kind of, 19.

Syringing, good effects of, 14. 19. 37. 39. 171.


Tieing up plants, method of, 19.

Tubs for trees, perforated, 59.
best kind of, 288.

Trees, of heading down, 59.
of watering and arranging large, 259.

Tanners' bark, nature of, 332.

Tan-bed, plunge the plants in the, 339.

Tobacco for destroying insects, decoction of, 60.

Turf, of laying, 160.

Trellises, of, 196.

Tulip, properties of a fine, 203.


Watering, good or bad effects of, 11. 21. 29. 34. 56. 58.

Water on hot-house plants, effects of cold, 12.

Watering-pot, best kind of, 11.

Wounds on trees, composition for covering, 172.

White-washing the glass with whiting, of, 173.

Walks with turf, of laying, 209.

Wall-flowers, how to propagate, 268.
"  and stocks, time of lifting, 307.

LIST OF HARDY SHRUBS.

Those marked thus [*], require protection in winter, and those marked thus [+], shade in summer.

LIST OF ANNUALS THAT MAY BE SOWN ON A HOT-BED.

HARDY ANNUALS.

Alyssum, white or sweet.

Antírhìnum latifòlia.
medíum.
speciòsum.
versicolor.

Argeratum mexicanum.
odoratum.

Argemone, of sorts.

Aster, Chinese, of varieties.

Amaranthus, do. do.


Balsam, do. do.


Caccàlia Coccinea.

Centáurea Americàna.

Calceolaria of sorts.

Cláskia, pulchélla.

Celosia of sorts.

Calendùla Mary-Gold, of sorts.

Candytuft, of var.

Convólvulus, of var.

Coreopsis, of var.


Gypsophìla elegans.


Hollyhock, Chinese, of var.

Hawkweed, of var.


Ipomèa, do.


Larkspur, dwarf-rocket.

Larkspur, branching.
Neapolitan.

Love-Lies-Bleeding.

Lupins, of sorts.


Marvel of Peru.

Mignonette, sweet.

Marygold, of sorts.


Nasturtium, dwarf.

Nigella, of var.


Œnothera, do. do.


Pink Indian.

Peas, sweet, of sorts.

Persicària, red and white.

Poppy, double var.

Princess Feather.


Snap-Dragon.

Stock, Prussian, in var.

Sun-Flower, of var.

Sultan, sweet.

Silene, of sorts.


Venus' Looking-Glass.
Navel-Wort.


Xeranthehum, of var.


Zinnia, elegans.
of sorts.

[We have not been minute in the list of annuals, as they are generally known, and a judicious selection adapted to this country may be found in the catalogue of D. & C. Landreth, Philadelphia, or that of Smith & Hogg, New York.]

HARDY BIENNIALS.

TABLE OF SOILS.

The following compound of soils are adapted to the nature of the Plants contained in this Work.

The figures attached to the first species of each Genus refer to the Table of Soils, where the compost is in parts; and where any figures occur in the same Genus, the species following are of the same nature.

REMARKS ON THE NATURE OF SOILS USED IN THE ABOVE TABLE.

Savanna soil—is of a dark colour, with a large portion of white sand incorporated with it, and is found frequently in New Jersey. A mixture of two-thirds black earth from the woods, and one-third of pure white sand, will be similar to it, and may be used as a substitute, but is not exactly of the same nature.

Loam—is of a light brown colour, and is that from old pastures or commons, which should lie one year, and be frequently turned before using. It ought not to be from a clay bottom.

Leaf mould—is that which is to be found on the surface of the ground in woods, and is the decomposed leaves. It may be termed nearly of first rate importance in vegetation.

Sand—is a substance that is generally known, and that which is found on the surface is decidedly the best. If it is from a pit, it must be spread out, and frequently turned, that it may assimilate with the atmosphere before using;—four months will be sufficient.

Manure—before using, must be decomposed to very fine particles. It will require two years, during which time it must be often turned, and the longer it lays it will be the finer and more congenial.

HIBBERT AND BUIST,

EXOTIC NURSERYMEN AND FLORISTS,

Respectfully inform their friends and the public generally, that in addition to the Garden in Thirteenth-street, they have purchased the Nursery Grounds, Green-Houses, &c., established by the late B. M'Mahon, Esq., on the township line, near the Germantown road, about three miles from the city, where the propagation and cultivation of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Plants, and Flowers, will hereafter be extensively carried on, and improved in accordance to the increasing demand.

The Thirteenth-street Garden will be appropriated as a repository for the sale of plants and the receiving of orders.

A splendid collection of Camellia Japonica, containing the most approved and distinct varieties; also a very large selection of the most esteemed and beautiful Roses. Their Dahlias were selected by R. Buist, last year, from the finest collection in England, together with many Ornamental and other Plants not surpassed for extent in the Union.

Orders at either of the establishments, or per post, will be duly received and punctually attended to.

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