40 THE FLOWER GARDEN. 



promise, from their fresh and healthy appearance, to 

 supply in their growth and increase all the beauty 

 and interest of the discarded flowers, without their 

 injurious effects. It is so. These delicate exotics, 

 for such they are, closely sealed down in an air-tight 

 world of their own, flourish with amazing rapidity, 

 and in time produce seeds which provide a generation 

 to succeed them. Every day witnessing some change 

 keeps the mind continually interested in their pro- 

 gress, and their very restriction from the open air, 

 while it renders the chamber wholesome to the in- 

 valid, provides at the same time an undisturbed 

 atmosphere more suited to the development of their 

 own tender frames. We need scarcely add, that the 

 doctor the next morning finds the wonted cheerful 

 smile restored, and though recovery may be beyond 

 the skill, as it is beyond the ken, of man, he at least 

 has the satisfaction of knowing that he has lightened 

 a heart in affliction, and gained the gratitude of a 

 humble spirit, in restoring, without the poison, a 

 pleasure that was lost. 



For more minute particulars of the management 

 of these chamber-gardens, we must refer our readers 

 to page xviii. of Mr. Newman's Introduction, where 

 also they will find described the ingenious experi- 

 ments of Mr. Ward, of Wellclose Square, of the 

 same kind, but on a much larger scale ; and if delicate 

 health restricts any friend of theirs to the confine- 

 ment of a close apartment, we recommend to them 

 the considerate kindness of our good physician, and 

 to "go and do likewise." 



