James Maddock 
Florist’s Directory [PDF ebook] 
Or a Treatise on the Culture of Flowers; To Which Is Added a Supplementary Dissertation on Soils, Manures, &C

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. But notwithftanding the long and con tinned attention which feveral in England and Holland have given to this branch of horticulture, the art of cultivating plants in general, and flowers in particular, is yet fo imperfectly underflood, and may probably long remain to be fo, that an extenlive field for improvement and dif covery prefents itfelf to the intelligent.