16 BRECK’S NEW BOOK OF FLOWERS. 
Geraniums, or Pelargoniums, should be cut in very 
close, as they will make much finer plants, and start with 
greater vigor, and give a greater profusion of bloom, 
than if this were neglected. It will not be necessary to 
repot the Roses quite so early as the Geraniums, Camel- 
lias, and some other plants; they may be kept out much 
longer and exposed to severe frosts before they are pot- 
ted. The branches should then be reduced to three or 
four buds, and the pots stowed away in the cellar for a 
couple of months. 
Fuchsias may be treated in the same way. When 
brought into the room, in January, they will grow with 
great vigor, and give a finer bloom than if started earlier. 
It is better to keep most of the plants rather cool dur- 
ing the months of November and December, and all the 
hardier kinds should be kept out of doors as long as pos- 
sible. <A slight frost will not injure a great majority of 
parlor plants; but a hard frost, although it might not de- 
stroy them, would weaken them very much. Geraniums, 
Heliotropes, Begonias, Salvias, and others of like tender- 
ness, should be housed as soon as even moderate frosts 
are expected. * 
INSECTS. 
There is a variety of insects which infest parlor plants, 
and, unless looked after rather closely, will destroy their 
beauty. The green fly is a great pest to parlor and green- 
house plants; but is easily killed in the green-house, by 
filling the house thoroughly with tobacco smoke at the 
close of.the day, and then shutting it up tight for the 
night. For parlor plants, it will be necessary to put them 
in large boxes, or barrels, and fill them with smoke, and 
cover up tight. This will effectually destroy this destruc- 
tive and disgusting insect. By immersing the plants in 
a tub of soap-suds they may be freed from the fly. To 
