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pebbles sprinkled in among them and covered with water. Freesias, hya- 

 cinths, tulips, daffodils, single narcissus, crocus, even the Easter Lily in 

 any of the many named varieties listed in seedsmen's catalogues, may 

 also be grown successfully by the amateur. These Dutch bulbs should 

 be purchased in September, and excepting freesias, Paper white narcissus 

 and Roman hyacinths, which may be started at once, planted and put 

 away for about six weeks to 

 form roots before any top 

 growth is allowed. Set 

 them in a cool place 

 buried in coal ashes in a 

 corner of the cellar or out- 

 of-doors in a box buried in 

 cinders for one inch above 

 the pots and protected from 

 freezing too hard by a layer 

 of straw, leaves and boards. 

 Keep them moist and cool. 

 They may be brought into 

 flower a pot at a time and 

 furnish pleasure from 

 Thanksgiving to April a 

 gamut of color and delight- 

 ful fragrance. 



Plant Lice. The most 

 prevalent insect pest at- 

 tacking house plants is the 

 plant-louse, a little green 

 insect feeding upon the 

 under side of leaves and 

 tender shoots. Another 



form is black. Both forms are combated by tobacco concoctions obtain- 

 able ready-made at the seed store; also, the plants may be fumigated with 

 burning tobacco, dusting the leaves with tobacco dust, and by spraying 

 the leaves with soap in solution. The insect must be wet with the solu- 

 tion, so care must be exercised in spraying to reach the under side of the 

 leaves. Another common pest is the brown scale which attaches itself 

 firmly to branch or leaf and resists water and fumigation. It can be 

 removed by brushing the leaves and by kerosene emulsion, which, how- 

 ever, may injure a tender plant. 



REFERENCE. 

 "Manual of Gardeinng." Bailey. 



BULBS GROWN IN WATER-TIGHT RECEPTACLE. 1 



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