JOHN P. JEWETT AND COMPANY,

NO. 117 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON.

THE

FLOWER-GARDEN;

OR,

BRECK'S BOOK OF FLOWERS;

IN WHICH ARE DESCRIBED

ALL THE VARIOUS HARDY HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS, AN-
NUALS, SHRUBBY PLANTS, AND EVERGREEN TREES,
DESIRABLE FOR ORNAMENTAL PURPOSES,

WITH DIRECTIONS FOR THEIR CULTIVATION.

BY JOSEPH BRECK,

SEEDSMAN AND FLORIST, AND FORMER EDITOR OF THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER AND THE
HORTICULTURAL REGISTER.

NEW EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY JOHN P. JEWETT & COMPANY.
CLEVELAND, OHIO: JEWETT, PROCTOR & WORTHINGTON
NEW YORK: SHELDON, BLAKEMAN & COMPANY.

1856.