THE PARLOR GARDENER. 73 



Slips in the Warm Portable Greenhouse. 



Until now, ladies, I have spoken to you of such 

 slips only as can be reared with success in the 

 cold portable greenhouse. But you may rear a 

 great many more, and these taken from the most 

 interesting plants, if, for your cold greenhouse a 

 warm one be substituted. 



To say nothing of form, which may vary ac- 

 cording to taste, the essential difference between 

 these two portable greenhouses consists in one 

 of them being warmed at will; to which pur- 

 pose its shape and construction must, of course, 

 be adapted. It must contain a lamp and a little 

 reservoir for water ; this reservoir having an 

 earthen-ware cover, upon which the pots with 

 the slips are placed. This cover is pierced with a 

 hole, into which a funnel may be placed, for 

 the purpose of renewing the water as it evapo- 

 rates ; and there must be lateral holes in the res- 

 ervoir, for the steam to escape through. Under- 

 neath this apparatus is the place for the lamp, 

 generally a spirit lamp, which is lighted only 

 when you wish to raise the temperature of the 



