46 THE PARLOR GARDENER. 



with one side against the wall, so that you can 

 put into it a trellis, shaped like a fan. The first 

 thing now to be done is to cover this trellis with 

 climbing plants ; they will not be the least inter- 

 esting part of this miniature flower garden. Plant 

 a passion-flower, as the principal ornament of this 

 trellis ; let it be as wide and as high as it may, 

 the passion-flower will soon cover the greater 

 part of it. You must add to this a somewhat 

 rare plant, the Mandevillea suaveolens, and a very 

 common plant, the wood pink. These three 

 plants the passion-flower, the Mandevillea, and 

 the wood pink bloom principally at the top ; 

 and that the whole trellis may be ornamented 

 equally with flowers, plant at each end a Thun- 

 bergia alata, and in the middle a double violet. 



The Thunbergia lays hold of any thing that is 

 within its reach, without ever rising very high. 

 It becomes covered with charming flowers, of a 

 fine nankeen yellow, set off with a black spot in 

 the middle. You find it, as well as the passion- 

 flower and the Mandevillea, at all the green- 

 houses. The price of these plants is never very 

 high, and they accommodate themselves very well 



