THE PARLOR, GARDENER. 89 



ground floor, and a vaulted cellar under this par- 

 lor. These circumstances permit "you to have a 

 house aquarium, of which it is now my business 

 to show you the advantages in regard to parlor 

 horticulture. 



In the middle of your parlor you must place a 

 table, with four legs, in the form of columns, two 

 of which legs must be hollow, and have pipes 

 within them ; one to receive the water when it 

 comes, and the other to conduct it off. In the 

 middle of this table, an elegant glass basin, thick 

 enough to be strong, must fte supported by four 

 hollow columns of polished brass, similar to those 

 which sustain the beam of a pair of scales. The 

 pipe enclosed in one of the legs of the table must 

 be prolonged through one of these columns, and a 

 swan's beak at the top of the column will pour a 

 continued stream of water into the basin, which 

 water will escape by an opening of a suitable 

 diameter, contrived for the purpose, in one of the 

 columns at the opposite side of the basin. 



