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AW have a decided objection to Tulip bed* m 

 pleasure gardens ; first, on aeeount of the formality 

 which long or square beds give to the general scene ; 

 and next that these beds become blanks for the 

 remainder of the year, which destroys the effect of 

 other plants. Tulips, that are not of the first rate 

 varieties, may be made to add greatly to the gaiety 

 and beauty of the garden when they are judiciously 

 planted in clumps of from six to eighteen in a spot. 

 Situations that arc sheltered from the winds should 

 be chosen, as also where a partial shade is afforded 

 from the afternoon sun. By this manner of plant- 

 ing bulbous flowers, the patches of ground required 

 are not larger than will be found necessary between 

 the clumps of later flowering-plants, whose branches 

 will occupy so much of the spot made vacant by 

 the loss of the Tulip, as to be unperceived in the 

 later season of the year. The Tulip bulbs should 

 be so allotted to the grounds, as to embellish those 

 spots that are most deficient in flowers at the season 

 of their blooming, which is confined to the months 

 of May and June, excepting the dwarf early-blow- 

 ing Tulips, suaveolens, which usually flower in 

 April. 



The proper time for committing these bulbs to 

 the around, is from the end of October to about 

 the middle of November, but not later ; and a circu- 

 lar spot of from two to three feet in diameter will 



