302 ROOMS OF BULBOUS ROOTS, &c. [Jan. 



ary. It will not be agreeable to fumigate the room or 

 rooms, or even to have the smell of tobacco near the house 

 from this cause. 



Take a tub of soft water, (if the day is frosty, it had 

 better be done in the house,) invert the plant, holding the 

 hand, or tying a piece of cloth, or any thing of the kind, 

 over the soil in the pot, put all the branches in the water, 

 keeping the pot in the hand, drawing it to and fro a few 

 times ; take it out and shake it. If any insects remain, 

 take a small fine brush, and brush them off, giving ano- 

 ther dip, which will clean them for the present. As soon 

 as they appear again, repeat the process for nothing that 

 we have found out, or heard of, can totally extirpate them. 



OF BULBOUS ROOTS IN GENERAL. 



If you have retained any of the Cape bulbs from the last 

 planting, let them be put in, in the early part of the month. 

 For method, see September. Those that are growing must 

 be kept very near the light, that is, close to the window, or 

 they will not flourish to your satisfaction. The fall-flower- 

 ing oxalis may be kept on the stage, or any other place, to 

 give room to those that are to flower. 



Hyacinths, Jonquils, Narcissus, Tulips, &c., will keep 

 very well in a room where fire heat is constantly kept, 

 provided that they are close to the window. A succession 

 of these, as before observed, may beautify the drawing- 

 room from February to April, by having a reserved stock, 

 in a cold situation, and taking a few of them every week 

 into the warmest apartment. 



Wherever any of the bulbs are growing, and in the inte- 

 rior of the room, remove them close to the light, observing 

 to turn the pots or glasses frequently to prevent them from 

 growing to one side, and giving them support as soon 

 as the stems droop, or the head becomes pendent. The 

 saucers under the Hyacinth and Narcissus may stand with 

 water, and observe to change the water in the glasses once 

 or twice a week. 



Everyone that has any taste or refinement in their floral 

 undertakings, will delight in seeing the plants in perfec- 

 tion : to have them so, they must be divested of every leaf 





