30 THE PARLOR GARDENER. 



material to give you a taste for the culture of 

 flowers in the mantel-piece garden. The vanilla 

 tussilago and the hepatica are flowers of a most 

 accommodating disposition ; nothing more is ne- 

 cessary to them than half a glass of water every 

 two days, and for the temperature of your cham- 

 ber to be such as suits yourself. 



