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The leaves should be cut off, and each bulb laid on its side, 

 covering it lightly with the compost, about two inches thick : 

 in this state they should be left about a month, (but the tardy 

 sorts are usually left longer, and more lightly covered,) and 

 then taken up in dry weather, and exposed to the open air 

 for some hours, but not to a powerful sun, which would be 

 very injurious to them ; they should, after this, be carefully 

 examined, and all the decayed parts removed by a knife, for 

 which purpose it will sometimes be necessary to cut deep. 

 An extravasation of sap or lodgement of moisture within the 

 coats, will cause a local decay, which, if the diseased part be 

 not carefully and entirely cut out, will spread over the whole 

 bulb, and become contagious amongst those which are 

 near it. 



The bulbs should be placed in the store room, which 

 ought to be airy, about the end of June ; they must not be 

 suffered to touch each other; and should be frequently 

 examined, in order to remove those which may shew fresh 

 symptoms of decay. If few in number, a moveable stage 

 of very open lattice work should be used, which may slide 

 upon castors, and be set in any dry, cool, and airy room. 

 If the stage be large, it should be furnished with many ran- 

 ges of drawers just deep enough to receive the bulbs, at in- 

 tervals of about six inches in heighth, or more. When 

 the bulbs are numerous they will require an entire store 

 house ; this may be constructed with planks, and consist 

 of two stories, the lowest of which must be raised from the 

 ground upon posts ; it should, if possible, be ventilated by 

 long apertures on three sides, the shutter of each aperture 

 being a plank six or seven feet long, and about a foot 



