SEPTEMBER 183 



sunniest part of the greenhouse, and there left with 

 no attention whatever until potting time comes again. 

 Unless they have this thorough baking the bulbs 

 will not mature properly, and bloom next season 

 will be sparse. 



All the other bulbs may be turned into a cold 

 frame, whether in or out of their boxes, care being 

 taken in the latter case that there is soil enough 

 round them to prevent their starving or being 

 frozen to death. An occasional watering in mild 

 weather will keep them going until the spring, 

 when they can be planted in the garden or the 

 orchard. Many will flower the following year, and 

 all the year succeeding it, and by this means a large 

 stock of bulbs can be secured for outdoor blooming, 

 all of which will have served their primary purpose 

 first of all in the greenhouse, and made a winter 

 the happier by their beauty. 



It is necessary to take up the calla Richardias, or 

 arum lilies, from their summer trench in the early 

 part of the month, to prevent their getting a check 

 that would retard their flowering. They are kept 

 close in a frame for about a week when they are 

 brought in, and are transferred to the greenhouse 

 before the first cold comes at the end of the month. 

 The greenhouse and all the frames have been 

 cleaned for the winter ; they were fumigated with a 

 sulphur candle when empty, and every inch of their 

 interior has been washed with soft soap, so that 

 insect pests will be forced to build new houses if 

 they make up their minds to return to their old 

 haunts. One may hope that during the cleansing 

 operations they have taken fresh lodgings and will 



