294 ROOMS — FLOWERING PLANTS. [March. 
rectly ; for by the heat of the weather they will increase 
tenfold. 
FLOWERING PLANTS. 
Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus, Jonquils, and Crocus, will 
be generally in flower. The former require plenty of water, 
and the saucers under the pots should be constantly full, 
until they are done blooming. The others need only be libe- 
rally supplied at the surface of the pot. Give them neat 
green-painted rods to support their flower-stems, and keep 
them all near the light. The spring flowering Oxalis will 
not open except it is exposed to the full rays of the sun. 
The Lachenaiia is greatly improved in colour with exposure 
to the sun, though when in flower its beauties are preserved 
by keeping it a little in the shade. 
Primulas, or Primrose, both Chinese and European, de- 
light in an airy exposure ; but the sun destroys the beauty of 
their flowers by making the colours fade. 
Camellias. Many of them will be in perfection. See 
green-house this month for a description of the finest varie- 
ties. Do not let the sun shine upon the blooms. Those 
that are done flowering will, in small pots, require to be 
repotted. 
The Hyacinths that are in glasses must be regularly sup- 
plied with water. The roots will be very much reduced by 
this method ; therefore, when the bloom is over, if possible, 
plant them in the garden, or Tmry them in pots of earth, to 
ripen and strengthen the bulbs. They cannot satisfactorily 
be again flowered in glasses, and, properly they ought not to 
be allowed to bloom in the garden next year. Those that are 
done flowering in pots can be set aside, and the usual water- 
ings gradually withdrawn. Treat all other Dutch bulbs in a 
similar manner. 
