BULCO US-ROOT En FLOWS ,'5. 8 I 



(helves where there is plenty of day-light, and 

 can have air admitted : or to have ibme flower 

 as early as pofiible of the defircable forts, the 

 glafles may be placed in a ilove or hot-houfe^ 

 or in a hot-bed under Frames and lights. 



The roots will foon fend out llrong fibres 

 down into the water, and flioot above j and 

 the only cultui'e they require in this growth 

 is to admit frefh air occafionally in mild days 

 after they begin to advance in the top fhoots, 

 by opening the window or door a little way 

 in the middle of the day, and to change the 

 water when it becomes foul, or fetid, once 

 in a week, or ten or tv/clve days, or a fort- 

 night, as it may feem necellary, pour out the 

 old water, and filling the glafTes again with 

 frefh, immediately and diredly replace the 

 roots in their proper pofition. 



They will thus fhoot llrongly below znd 

 above ; and produce their flowers in very 

 good perfeftion ; obferving in thofe of talt 

 growth, or others with large flowers, top 

 heavy, to give them fupporc of llrait flicks, 

 one to each ftem, either placed in a fmall eye 

 or hole which is fometimes made on one flde 

 of the water glafl^es, or by means of wire, or 

 fmall flips of lead, or in default of thefe con- 

 veniences, flit the end of the flick, and by 

 which fix it on the edge of the glafs as well as 

 poflible ; and in either method tie the ftem of 

 the flowers thereto in a neat manner. 

 ^ Sometimes for blowing in water, a fmalf 

 ciflern is made of lead, wood, china, or of 

 the common earthen ware kind, furnillied at 



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