THE PARLOR GARDENER. 13 



They are the most delicate and the most amusing 

 of the operations of parlor gardening. This Part 

 will terminate by details on the parlor aquarium. 

 In Part II. gardening is considered under all 

 the aspects that it can present on the veranda, 

 between the double windows, (which will be 

 converted into a miniature conservatory,) and 

 on the terrace, (which, even when it is not very 

 large, can be made into a real garden,) where we 

 can have flowers all the year round, in less num- 

 ber, doubtless, but as beautiful and as various as 

 in a well-kef>t parterre. 



GENERAL DIRECTIONS. 



Watering. 



In order to cultivate ornamental plants with 

 success in a room, we must reflect that they have 

 their wants and their enemies ; and we must sat- 

 isfy the one and protect them from the other. 

 Plants confined within our dwellings have need 

 of earth suited to their temperaments ; and it is 

 easy to procure it. They require also watering ; 



