Excerpt from The American Flower Garden Companion: Adapted to the Northern States In introducing the present little treatise to the reader, it may be well to say a few words on the object, plan, and mode of execution of the work. The "Flower Garden Companion" is intended to aid those persons who are desirous to become acquainted with the culture of flowers. In its compilation the aim has been, to give within the compass of a convenient manual for reference, as much useful matter as possible relative to the subject. To this end, each topic has been separately treated and in as concise a manner as could be done with propriety: and indeed, in some cases with a degree of brevity that on the first reading, to the young practitioner, might produce a feeling of disappointment at the apparent deficiency of information; but, on a careful reading of the different articles it will be found that everything useful in so small a treatise has been spoken of; and that, in many instances, one article acts as a key to another. 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.