Jan."] HOT-HOUSE OP CLEANSING, &C. 143 



Where bulbous roots, such as Hyacinths, Jonquils, 

 Jxias, Lachenallas, &c., are required to be early in flower, 

 they may, during this month, be put in the front of the hot- 

 house and watered freely till they bloom, when they may 

 be taken to the green-house or parlour. 



Azaleas, Rhododendron Roses, and some other plants, 

 do admirably to force, and where there is a large stock, a 

 few should be brought into early bloom with the heat of 

 this department. 



OF CLEANSING PLANTS, HOUSE, &c. 



This subject ought to be kept constantly in view. How- 

 ever correctly every thing else may be executed, without 

 that adorning beauty, cleanliness, all will appear only half 

 done. Therefore let all the dead leaves be picked off every 

 day, the dust and other litter swept out of the house, and, 

 when necessary, the house washed, which will be at least 

 once a week. That the foliage of the plants may always 

 appear fresh, syringe them every morning, when there is 

 the appearance of sun. At present, this will in a great 

 measure keep down the insects, and will prove a bane to 

 the red spider. 



Tie up neatly with stakes and threads of Russia mat all 

 the straggling growing plants ; let the stakes be proportion- 

 ate to the plants, and never longer, except they are climb- 

 ing sorts. Do not tie the branches in bundles, but singly 

 and neatly, imitating nature as much as possible. If any 

 of the plants are affected with the Cocus insect, let them 

 be cleansed according to the plan already mentioned, taking 

 particular care also in washing the stakes to which they 

 had been previously tied, and burning all the old tyings, 

 which contain the larvae of the insect in many instances, 

 especially of Cocus hesperidus. It is premised, when any 

 of these things are done, that they will be well done, and 

 not half doing, and always doing. Cleanliness, in every 

 respect, promotes a pure air, which is congenial to vegeta- 

 tion, and will, with other attentions, always ensure a health- 

 ful and vigorous appearance in the house. 



