44 THE PARLOR GARDENER. 



CHAPTER IV. 



THE FLOWER-STAND GARDEN. 



Manner of keeping it. Plants bought in Bloom. Plants to culti- 

 vate on the Flower-stand. Its Dimensions. Climbing Plants. 



Passion-flower. Mandevillea suaveolens. Wood Pink. 

 Thunbergia alata. Climbing Double Violet. Manner of cul- 

 tivating it. Plants for the Middle Part of the Flower-stand. 

 Camellia. Methods to prevent the Buds from falling. Man- 

 agement in cultivating. Ericas or Cape Heaths. Pimeleas. 

 Mignionette as a Tree. Manner of forming it. Its Duration. 



Necessity of loving Flowers in order to take good Care of 

 them. 



Manner of keeping a Flower- stand furnished 

 with Flowers. 



A FLOWER-STAND is a very pretty piece of 

 -V. furniture, which may be a little more simple 

 or a little more ornamented, according to the de- 

 gree of simplicity 'or elegance of the furniture 

 around it, with which it should harmonize. It 

 makes a necessary part of that furniture. There 

 are two different ways of making use of it : these 

 must be considered separately. If you merely wish 



