ON THE CULTURE 



insects, (as in a common dressing,) especially to- 

 wards the bottom of the leaves, where they will 

 sometimes be so numerous as in appearance to lie 

 one upon another, in which case the mixture 

 might be prevented from penetrating to the bottom 

 insects. I do not know that this business of brush- 

 ing is absolutely necessary, but as the whole oper- 

 ation in a large hot-house may be performed in 

 one day, the labour of a person or two extraor- 

 dinary for this purpose can amount but to a very 

 inconsiderable expense.] 



The leaves of the large-sized plants should then 

 be tied together ; they will be more manageable 

 in this form than with their leaves loose, and less 

 liable to be damaged. The plants should then 

 be taken out of the pots, and divested of their 

 roots, as also of a few of the decayed leaves at the 

 bottom. 



The last species of insects (by gardeners most 

 generally called Pine-bug) will sometimes conceal 

 themselves in holes at the bottom of the stem of 

 the plants, especially in large plants ; and as the 

 mixture might be prevented from penetrating into 

 those holes, by the air contained in them, care 

 should be taken to examine that part with great 

 circumspection. 



[It may not be amiss in this place to observe, 

 that the earth which comes out of the Pine-pots, 

 together with the leaves and roots taken from off 

 plants, should be removed to a considerable dis- 

 tance from the hot-house. Also that the pots, out 



