BULBOUS-ROOTED FLOWERS, 83 



find light, and opportunity of admitting air 

 in fine weather to iliengthen their growth 

 inore efJeflually. 



They will require to have air occafionally 

 in mild weather, when tliey begin to Ihoot, 

 by the door or .windows moderately opened; 

 and give alfo gentle waterings when the 

 earth becoiP.es dry ; but more freely after the 

 roots begin to grow than before; giving it, 

 however, always in great moderation, juft to 

 have the earth in a fniall degree moilHlh ; 

 and according to the warmth of the room, or 

 temperature of the weather, will require 

 fmall fuppHes twice, or probably fometimes 

 thrice a week. 



Or where there is convenience of a hotr 

 houfe, pots, or boxes of the above kind of 

 roots may b,e introduced therein any time in 

 Winter, from November till February, for 

 quicker and earlier flowering; or in any 

 forcing apartment, hot -bed, &c. under 

 glaffes ; but more fuccefsfuily in a bark hot- 

 bed than that of dung ; and in a hot-houfe, 

 or pine-apple ftove. Sec. they will grow and 

 flower freely with much lefs trouble and care 

 than in hot-beds under frames and lights; 

 fupplying the plants with light waterings 

 when advancing in growth, and give air to 

 thofe in the hot-hoi;fe, only in common with 

 the other plants of that apartment, and in 

 hotbeds under frames, admit air in «tempe- 

 rately mild days by tilting or drawing down 

 fhe glalTes one, two, or three inches for a 

 V few 



