2 1 8 G'4 R BENIN G BY M YSELF. 



Examine all your house bulbs from time 

 to time; and when the long roots come 

 near the bottom of the glasses, and the 

 bulbs in pots begin to get an impatient 

 look about the tips of their green or white 

 shoots, as if they meant to rise in the world 

 whether or no, then bring them into a warm 

 room and the fullest light you can give. 

 A few at a time is the pleasantest way, that 

 so each may be enjoyed with the completest 

 enjoyment, taking first those that seem the 

 most forward. Place them as near as pos- 

 sible to your sunniest window ; and remem- 

 ber that ;/^££^ they will be very thirsty things 

 indeed. Yet do not turn the soil into 

 mud. I have not forgotten yet the look of 

 one poor beauty, which seemed to have 

 been just drowned out. The owner shewed 

 it, exulting ; but the tender green shoot got 

 no further. 



Turn the pots often, after they are placed 

 in the window, to keep the plant-growth 

 erect and symmetrical. It is melancholy 

 enough to see a tall hyacinth lopping all to 



