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 a hot-house, green-house, and laying out a flower-garden. 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
Buist, Robert, 1805-1880