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114 THE PARLOR GARDENER. 



Other Plants. 



The various ornamental plants of each sea- 

 son the principal of which I have indicated 

 to you as being suitable for making a show in 

 the garden at the window, at the different expo- 

 sures can, of course, be made use of in decorat- 

 ing a balcony large enough to serve the purpose 

 of a terrace. 



Seedling Ranunculuses. 



If, as I advised, you have amused yourself in 

 rearing in the cold portable greenhouse of your 

 parlor a supply of young roots of the ranun- 

 culus, obtained from seeds, you will, after having 

 used such of these little roots as were requisite 

 for the ornamenting of your flower- stand, have 

 a considerable number of them left. In the 

 spring, when you have no longer cause to dread 

 the appearance of any more last lingering colds, 

 plant this residue of those little roots in one of 

 the boxes on your balcony. They will give you, 

 for a month's time, a profusion of flowers of 

 varied shades, some deep and lively, the others 



