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pots are then to be placed in the Green-House windows and to get 

 but very little water till the foliage appear above ground, and 

 even after, it is to be but sparingly administered, for too much mois- 

 ture would infallibly rot the bulbs. 



Towards the end of the month take into the Green-house all your 

 succulent and other tender plants, such as Stapelias, Cactuses, 

 Aloes, Cycas revoluta, Agaves, &c. and place them in front near 

 the windows where they can have the benefit of the sun and air. 

 Collect your Geraniums, at the same time, and all other plants 

 that tend to succulency, and arrange them in front of the Green- 

 house, there to remain till it is found necessary to take them in. See 

 next month. 



THE HOT-HOUSE. 



Repairing the Lights and cleaning the House. 



If the roof-lights had in the course of the summer been taken 

 off any of the Hot-house departments, they should be replaced 

 early in the month, and all the glass-work of the entire house or 

 houses put in the best possible repair. Examine the wood-work 

 and see that all is tight and in good condition If new painting of 

 the timbers, sashes or any other parts is necessary, and that it had 

 not been done in the preceding months, it should be no longer ne- 

 glected. 



Indeed it would be of considerable advantage at this time, pre- 

 vious to the taking in of the plants, to give a complete and tho- 

 rough cleaning, painting, and white washing to the entire house ; 

 and if infested with insects, to fumigate it effectually ; and also to 

 \vash-the entire of the inside with a very strong solution of corrosive 

 sublimate, and if thought necessary, to clean away every morsel 

 of old bark out of the pits, carry it off to a considerable distance 

 and replace it with fresh tan. Any plants remaining in this de- 

 partment, may be removed into the Green-house while this work is 

 going on-^and these should be effectually washed and cleaned, if 

 infested with insects, before their being replaced. 



This cleansing, fumigating, &c. will destroy most, if not all, of 

 the lurking insects, which have taken shelter in the various parts 

 of the house, and which, by and bye, if not destroyed would sally 

 forth and make a formidable and, perhaps, destructive attack upon 

 your plants ; every timely precaution ought to be taken to keep the 

 house clean and sweet, and the plants free from vermin. 



Taking in the Plants. 



The more tender kinds of Hot-house exotics which are arranged 

 out of doors, should, in the middle states, be taken into the Green- 



