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no means large supplies of water, and that only at 

 root, once in five or six days, or even seldomer, if 

 the state of the weather be moist. Particular plants 

 may require more water, and oftener than others; 

 while once in twelve or fourteen days will suffice the 

 succulent kinds. None should now be syringed over 

 the leaves. If the plants have been properly clean- 

 ed at putting them into the house, syringing will 

 not be necessary for that purpose ; and it is not now 

 necessary to their healths, the air being abundantly 

 humid. If dust begin to accumulate on the leaves, 

 let it be blown off by the bellows, as directed in Ja- 

 nuary ; which see. 



Of potting Bulbous Roots for the Green-House in 



Spring. 



Any time most convenient in this month, a quan- 

 tity of bulbous flower-roots should be potted, for 

 forcing into flower in the stove, peach-house, grape- 

 house, &c. ; afterwards to be placed in the green- 

 house, the better to furnish it out in winter, and 

 early in spring. 



The kinds generally potted for this purpose are, 

 Hyacinths, many varieties ; Jonquils, double and 

 single ; Persian Irises ; the Italian Polyanthus, and 

 Poet's Narcissus; and several small early Tulips, as 

 theDucVanthol, Claremond, and Potteb acker. They 

 should be planted in rich, light earth, in pots four 

 or five inches diameter at top, and six or eight inches 

 deep, according to the respective sizes of the roots; 

 placing them so deep as to be covered an inch, or an 

 inch and a half. These roots are not generally plant- 



