102 THE PARLOR GARDENER. 



the less agreeable for being common may suc- 

 ceed each other all the year round. That you 

 may not deprive yourself of the use of the bal- 

 cony, in case of your liking occasionally to stand 

 there, you must take care to place such shrubs 

 as roses and Persian lilacs at the two ends ; next 

 to them, such herbaceous plants as are somewhat 

 tall gillyflowers or pinks, for instance ; then the 

 rest in the middle. The very low ones pansies, 

 auriculas, or mignionette should be in a shal- 

 low zinc vessel, such as is used for flower-stands. 

 Thus, when at your window, you feel as if sur- 

 rounded by all the perfumery of your toilet ; and 

 you will not be deprived of the use of your bal- 

 cony, when it pleases you to go out upon it to 

 breathe there the best air that the city affords at 

 this season that is, a compound consisting of a 

 little air and a great deal of dust. As you would 

 not wish to quarrel with your neighbors, nor 

 your landlord, nor the police, you must take care 

 to keep under the pots and boxes ornamenting 

 your balconies vessels of varnished earthen ware, 

 sufficiently deep to hold the overflowings of the 

 waterings ; you will thereby avoid staining the 



