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no conveniences for fumigating, wash them off as previously 

 directed. Where there are only a few plants, these pests 

 could be very easily kept off by examining the plants every 

 day. For the scaly insect, see January. If they have 

 not been cleared off, get it done directly ; for by the heat 

 of the weather they will increase tenfold. 



FLOWERING PLANTS. 



Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus, Jonquils and Crocus, 

 will be generally in flower. The former require plenty of 

 water, and the saucers under the pots should be constantly 

 full until they are done blooming. The others need only 

 be liberally supplied at the surface of the pot. Give them 

 neat green painted rods to support their flower stems, and 

 keep them all near the light. The spring flowering Oxalis 

 will not open except it is exposed to the full rays of the 

 sun. The Lachenalia is greatly improved in colour with 

 exposure to the sun, though when in flower, its beauties 

 are preserved by keeping it a little in the shade. 



Primulas, or Primrose, both Chinese and European, de- 

 light in an airy exposure ; but the sun destroys the beauty 

 of their flowers, by making the colours fade. 



Camellias. Many of them will be in perfection. See 

 green-house this month for a description of the finest varie- 

 ties. Do not let the sun shine upon the blooms. Those 

 that are done flowering will, in small pots, require to be 

 repotted. 



The Hyacinths that are in glasses must be regularly sup- 

 plied with water. The roots will be very much reduced 

 by this method ; therefore, when the bloom is over, if pos- 

 sible, plant them in the garden, or bury them in pots of 

 earth, to ripen and strengthen the bulbs. They cannot 

 satisfactorily be again flowered in glasses, and, properly, 

 they ought not to be allowed to bloom in the garden next 

 year. Those that are done flowering in pots can be set 

 aside, and the usual waterings gradually withdrawn. Treat 

 all other Dutch bulbs in a similar manner. 



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