This book is a comprehensive guide to flower gardening and horticulture in 19th-century America. The authors, Hibbert and Buist (Robert Buist was the primary author), were leading authorities on plants and gardening, and their advice is still relevant today. The book includes detailed instructions for cultivating a wide variety of flowers and plants, as well as tips on greenhouse construction and maintenance. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from 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 With a Description of the Pants Most Desirable in Each, the Nature of the Soil and Situation Best A In presenting this work, constructed as a monthly calendar, which is the most simple and easy method to convey the necessary opera tions of the year, considerably more labour has been expended, than was at first expected, to render it as accurate as possible. Some verbal mistakes may have been overlooked in the botanical names. Where such occur, the list of names at the end of the volume will enable the reader to correct them; as well as the accentuation. For such other errors as may be discovered, the indulgence of the reader is solicited. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

"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" by Robert Buist was an essential manual and resource for people hoping to one day cultivate a flower garden of their own. It also allowed those interested in plant life the opportunity to learn about the different flowers that could be grown in garden houses, greenhouses, homes, and gardens throughout the year.