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CHAPTER V. 

 THE PORTABLE GREENHOUSE. 



Its Construction. Plants that can be cultivated there. Its Prin- 

 cipal Utility. Propagating Ornamental Plants. Sowing. 

 Sowing of Azalea Seed. Transplanting and Rearing the Young 

 Plants. The same as regards Rhododendron Seeds. Sowing 

 Orange Seeds. Rearing the Plants. Sowing the Seeds of 

 Flemish Pinks. Sowing of Ranunculus Seeds. Separation 

 of the Young Offsets. Time of their First Flowering. 



THE VARIETY of plants that may be culti- 

 vated in an apartment is greatly increased, 

 when, instead of ornamenting the stand of the 

 parlor with a large basket- filled with an assort- 

 ment of dwarf succulent plants, the same spot is 

 devoted to a portable greenhouse. Greenhouses 

 of this kind may, as well as flower-stands, be 

 ornamented externally in any manner conformable 

 to the style, of the rest of the furniture. This 

 point depends entirely on the taste and fortune of 

 those who propose to make use of them. 



