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and then it is filled up with damp tobacco. By turning the wheel, a 

 series of fans are set in motion, and a current of air is thereby 

 driven through the tobacco, and the hopper, which measures six 

 inches in diameter, immediately vomits forth a dense cloud of cool 

 smoke, which continues until the tobacco is consumed. In the 

 course of a few minutes a large house may be rendered opaque with 

 smoke by means of this machine, and the grand object is gained of a 

 (xymplete Icill at once, and for all the vermin that tobacco smoke, 

 properly administered, is fatnl to. Partial fumigation is a sheer waste 

 of tobacco, for if a few of the insect plagues are killed by it, many 

 escape, and it is found necessary to smoke the house again and 

 again, and the repetition is less effectual than one thorough smoking, 

 such as *' Dean's Patent Fumigator," properly used, will accomplish. 



dean's patent fumigatoe. 



There is another fumigator, which in some respects resembles 

 the one before us, but is essentially different in operation, inasmuch 

 as the smoke passes over the fans, and they are liable to become 

 clogged with dirt, which is impossible with Dean's machine. 



In our trials of the fumigator, we found tobacco paper preferable 

 to tobacco, and cheaper ; but unless good paper can be obtained, the 

 strongest shag is to be preferred. 



Any of our readers who wish for further particulars are directed 

 to Mr. W. Dean, Bradford Nursery, Shipley, Yorkshire. S. H. 



SPEING-PLOWERINa BULBS. 



UCH may be said about the beauty of this class of plants 

 were I in a sentimental humour. Portunately I am 

 not, for my readers' sake, and, perhaps, my own. Every 

 one who^has any knowledge at all of flowers knows, as 

 well as I do, what a beautiful appearance a conservatory 

 presents when filled with a nice collection of bulbous and other 

 spring flowers, and it is quite unnecessary for me to tell them what 



