104: THE PARLOR GARDENER. 



whole summer, myrtles, oranges, rose laurels, 

 pomegranates, camellias, kalmias, and azaleas, 

 which belong in winter to the garden in the 

 house. Two sorts of plants, alike agreeable, 

 the pelargoniums and the Indian chrysanthemums, 

 can be easily propagated there, by slips stuck 

 in the way I have already shown you. Nor is 

 there any need of a portable greenhouse this 

 time : you may stick them simply in pots filled 

 with good earth, taking care to place over your 

 slips, for the first eight or ten days, a humbler 

 turned upside down, pressing down the edge 

 slightly into the earth. After the slips have 

 taken, remove the tumblers, and water the young 

 plants once or twice a week with a good glass of 

 dish-water that you have had put aside for this 

 purpose by the cook ; you will see with what 

 vigor they put out. I shall take this occasion 

 to give you some advice that will be useful to 

 you, on the manner of training the pelargoniums 

 and chrysanthemums that you have propagated 

 by slips. 



