The American Flower Garden Companion: Adapted to the Northern States

Edward Sayers

J. Breck, Boston, 1838

Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Wear to edges of spine. Spotting. xii, 179 page.  "The second really good book on flowers was The American flower garden companion, by Edward Sayers, published in 1838. It was for the time and the subject fairly large, containing 179 pages and a preface of 12 pages. It was sponsored by two of the leading seed houses of the time, those of G. C. Thorburn and Joseph Breck & Co. A second edition appeared in 1839, and a larger, revised edition in 1846." - Hedrick, History of horticulture in America, p. 484.