110 THE PARLOR GARDENER. 



CHAPTER X. 

 THE GARDEN UPON THE LARGE BALCONY. 



The Terrace Balcony. Boxes to furnish it. Running Shrubs: 

 Glycine (Wisteria), Virginia Creeper, Buddleya, Clianthua 

 (Crimson-glory Pea). Assorted Plants. Seedling Ranunculus. 



Manner of assorting the Shades. Use made of the Plants 

 propagated in the Portable Greenhouse: Pinks, Hyacinths, 

 Tulips, Crocuses, Pelargoniums, Chrysanthemums, Fuchsias, 

 Lantanas, Heliotropes, Mignionette. Utility of this last. Win- 

 ter Dress of the Terrace Balcony. Galanthus (Snowdrop). 



Japan Quince. Hellebore. Christmas Rose. Variegated 

 Holly. 



HAPPY the person, who, in the interior of 

 any large city, possesses a large balcony, 

 with an exposure ever so little to the south. It 

 is almost equal to the possession of a garden. 



The Terrace Balcony. 



We may consider as garden terraces those long 

 and wide balconies, extending, if not all along 

 the front of the house, at least for a sufficient dis- 

 tance to admit of our gardening there in a far less 



