CONCLUSION.
Reading edition
AND HERE, my dear ladies, ends the series of notions upon horticulture in the house that I proposed to give you. Can the Parlor Gardener flatter himself with having inspired you with a little interest for those plants that you already loved without knowing it,—for you were predisposed by your nature to do so,—and that you will love better and better in proportion as you know them more? One thing above all ought to have struck you in the course of our discourse: it is, that in all that I have taken the liberty to recommend to you, there is not a single process that each of you cannot practise by yourself; not a single culture that you cannot succeed in by conforming to my hints. Success in our undertakings, whatever the thing may be that we undertake to do, is always pleasure—often happiness.
Let us understand each other, however. I do not pretend that every thing you do will be always crowned with success; you will often go wrong, and then your attempts will necessarily fall through; this is inevitable. But this much I can promise, and answer for—that with a little reflection you will always be able to discern the cause of your failure; and this being seen, you can then begin again, and obtain from a second attempt what you could not from the first.
My dear ladies, I shall enjoy the pleasure—in imagination, at least—of seeing you engaged in adorning with these beautiful children of Flora, first your mantel-piece, next your étagère, then your flower-stand, your balcony, and your terrace, all in due succession. I can picture to myself the liveliness of the satisfaction with which you will watch the growth and the opening of the first bud of the first camellia, grafted with your own hand, and that also with which you will gather the first fruit of the first cherry tree that you will have forced under my directions. No doubt the ladies of your acquaintance will take pleasure in following your example—this inoffensive taste for gardening is also a growing and spreading thing. Permit me, then, dear ladies, to indulge the hope that there will spring out from all this—amidst the violets and mignionettes—a little kind recollection of The Parlor Gardener.
INDEX.
A.
Alaterne, 122
Aquarium, 86
Aquarium, construction of, 89
Aquarium, parlor, 88
B.
Balcony to the East, 100
Balcony to the North, 98
Balcony to the South, 107
Balcony to the West, 103
Bean, Spanish, 100
Buddleya, 112
Bulbs, choice of them, 21
C.
Cactuses, 34
Camellias, 84
Christmas rose, 119
Chrysanthemums, 106
Cleaning of plants, 18
Clematis, 124
Clianthus, 112
Cobea, 100
Crocus, 25
Currants, 138
D.
Delphinium, 125
Digitalis, 99
Double window, 143
E.
Echinocacti, 35
Epamprement, 137
Epinoche, 91
F.
Fruits grown on the terrace, 129
Fuchsias, 116
Fruit trees, dwarf, forced, 138
Flower bulbs, 21
G.
Galanthus, 118
Garden in the apartment, 11
Garden on the étagère, 31
Garden on the flower-stand, 44
Garden on the mantelpiece, 20
Garden on the terrace, 120
Garden on the window, 96
Gesneria, 147
Glass shelves, 145
Gloxinia, 147
Glycine of China, 124
Grafts à la pontoise, 82
Grafts of Camellia, 84
Grafts of Orange, 80
Grafts, what practicable, 78
Greenhouse, cold, 56
Greenhouse, warm, 73
Grevillea, 146
H.
Hepatica, 99
Hibiscus, 125
Hollyhock, 124
Holly, variegated, 122
Honeysuckle, 124
Hyacinth, flowering in water, 21
Hydrocharis, 92
Hypericum, 99
I.
Ivy, Irish, 98
J.
Japan quince, 119
Jonquil, 24
K.
Kennedia, 146
L.
Larkspur, 125
Ligatures for grafts, 81
Lobelia, 146
M.
Mandevillea suaveolens, 46
Melocacti, 35
Mesembryanthemums, 38
Mignionette, 102
Mimosa pudica, 92
Mimulus, 99
N.
Nemophiles, 99
Nipping off buds, 134
P.
Pansies, 102
Passion flower, 46
Pelargoniums, 71
Periwinkle, 122
Plants bought in flower, 45
Plants for the double window, 130
Plants for the flower-stand, 45
Plums, 137
Pruning grapes, 134
Q.
Quince, Japan, 119
R.
Ranunculus, 62
Ranunculus, aquatic, 94
Raspberry bush, 137
Rhodiola, 5
Rice, grafted, 92
Rose, Bourgainville, 124
Rose, Boursault, 124
S.
Sedum (stone-crop), 38
Seed-bed, 58
Sempervivum (house-leek), 5
Shrubs, branching, 124
Shrubs, climbing, 124
Slips in the cold portable greenhouse, 66
Slips in the warm portable greenhouse, 73
Slips of begonia, 69
Slips of camellia, 74
Slips of chrysanthemums, 71
Slips of dwarf succulent plants, 68
Slips of leaves, 68
Slips of pelargoniums, 71
Slips, rose, 71
Snow-drop, 118
Spanish beans, 100
Sparmannia, 148
Stapelia, 36
Stock gillyflower, 102
Strawberry, Alpine, 132
Strawberry, Chili, 132
Strawberry, Goliah, 132
Strawberry, Queen of Great Britain, 132
Strawberry, Virginia scarlet, 132
Strawberry, Wilmot superb, 132
T.
Terrace, balcony, 110
Terrace, garden, 120
Thinning grapes, 134
Thunbergia alata, 46
Tomatoes grafted on potatoes, 78
V.
Vases, hanging, 101-104
Vine cultivated in flower pot, 133
Violet, double climbing, 47
Virginia creeper, 124
W.
Watering, 13
Warmth, 16
Winter rose, 119
Wood pink, 46
Y.
Yxora, 148