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soil, when they will sometimes flower the second year. 

 It does not clearly appear in w^hat way the water ope- 

 rates when the bulb is wholly immersed ; but it is 

 certain that bulbs so treated increase in size and so- 

 lidity by it, and have an incomparably better chance 

 of flowering the second year, than those which have 

 not been so treated. 



Most probably their total immersion enables them 

 to obtain a greater proportion of oxygen from the 

 water. 



Nosegays should have the water in which their ends 

 are inserted changed on the same principle as bulbous 

 roots ; and a much faded nosegay, or one dried up, 

 may often be recovered for a time, by covering with 

 a crystal bell or cap, or by substituting warm water 

 for cold. 



Those who wish further details as to plants in 

 rooms, or what the French and Germans call window 

 gardening, may consult a little work entitled Le Jar- 

 T dinier des Jene^res, des apartemens, Sfc. Paris, 

 1823, 12mo. 



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