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C.M. Saxton, New York, 1862. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. New York: C.M. Saxton, 1862. 342 pages. 7.5 x 5", cloth. 'Ruth H. Seabury, 1862'. Cover lightly rubbed, soiled, text bit toned, shaken, VG.
The American Flower Garden Directory... Instructions For Erecting A Hot-house, Green House, And Laying Out A Flower Garden... by Buist, Robert - 1839
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The American Flower Garden Directory... Instructions For Erecting A Hot-house, Green House, And Laying Out A Flower Garden...
by Buist, Robert
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Philadelphia: Carey & Hart. Good+. 1839. Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. Boards are worn, paper spine label mostly gone, internally near VG. ; 8vo ; Publisher's cloth and boards, 379, 5p. **American Imprint #54728. Pages 357-370 are on the grape vine. With the contemporary bookseller's label of Sam'l Hart Sr., No. 296 King Street, Sign of the Bible, Charleston, So. Ca.; the ownership inscrption of M.W. Wayne, Oak Lodge, March 7th, 1842, in pencil; and the bookplate of Ann Leighton with three bees. .
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- Keywords Farm, American Imprint, Flowers, Antiquarian, Greenhouse, Grapes, Provenance, Ann Leighton
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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. A Description of Plants Most Desirable in Each, Nature of Soil and Situation Best Adapted to Growth, Proper Season for Transplanting. Instructions for Erecting Hot-House, Green-House, and Laying out Flower-Garden. Adapted to Either Large or Small Gardens, Instructions for Preparing Soil, Propagating, Planting, Pruning, Training, and Fruiting Grape Vine. Sixth Edition with Numerous Additions
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AMERICAN FLOWER-GARDEN DIRECTORY: Containing Practical Directions For the Culture of Plants, in the Flower-Garden, Hot-House, Green-House, Rooms, Or Parlour Windows. With Instructions For Preparing the Soil, Propagating, Planting, Pruning, Training, and
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(C. Sherman for) A. Hart, late Carey & Hart, Philadelphia: 1852., 1852 340 p. Foxed. Damp stain. 8vo. Disbound. Pictorial bookplate of Clarence M. Warner, showing his library. Autograph ownership of F. L. Norton. Robert Buist (1805-1880) was born near Edinburgh, Scotland. He was trained at the Edinburgh Botanic Gardens and came to America in 1828. He was employed in Philadelphia by D. Landreth, and then took employment with Henry Pratt who owned Lemon Hill probably one of the finest gardens in the U.S. In 1830 he formed a partnership with Thomas Hibbert in a florist business. They imported rare plants and flowers, especially the rose. After Hibberts death he began a seed business, along with the nursery and greenhouse business called the Robert Buist Company. He later turned the seed business over to his son (also Robert). Buist was know for his roses and verbena and is credited with introducing the poinsettia to the United States. This important book was first issued in 1832. W130 Language: eng.…
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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
by Buist, Robert, 1805-1880
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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…
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