JANUARY.] ROOMS OF BULBOUS ROOTS. 3j 



Many ingredients have been compounded, and pre- 

 scriptions recommended, for the destruction of these 

 nefarious pests. Many of them are altogether ineffec- 

 tual. Of receipts specified in works of this kind, not a 

 few of them (though eagerly sought for) by men of ex- 

 tensive practice, have been rejected. We shall give 

 the most simple, and in part effective receipt for the 

 destruction of the Green fly. 



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

 had better be done in the house,) invert the plant, hold- 

 ing 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 another 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 satis- 

 faction. The fall-flowering 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 



