[Gardening] The Florist's Manual, or Hints for the Construction of a Gay Flower-Garden;

with Directions for Preventing the Depredations of Insects. Second Edition, Enlarged, with Observations on the Treatment and Growth of Bulbous Plants, Curious Facts Respecting Their Management, and Directions for the Culture of the Guernsey Lily, Amaryllis Sarniensis [by Maria E. Jackson]. London, Printed for Henry Colburn and Co., 1822, VII,(3),136 p., with 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates (1x folding, 4x double-page), contemporary pink cardboard with paper title shield on spine.

Front cover nearly loose (holding on to cords); backstrip and outer corners of boards worn. The second edition of this colourfully illustrated, successful work (first edition: 1816, with only 2 plates). With: Dutch Bulbs and Gardens. Painted by Mima Nixon. Described by Una Silberrad and Sophie Lyall. A. and C. Black, 1909, XII,176 p., with 24 coloured plates, original gilt orange cloth, top edge gilt, 4to (plate 14 loose). (total 2)