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a row ; therefore the arrangement 

 was thus : — 



Ro. Byb. Biz. Ro. Bvb. Biz. Ro. 

 Byb. Biz. Ro. Byb. Biz. Ro. Byb. 

 Biz. Ro. Byb. Biz. Ro. Byb. Biz. 



and so changing from left to right, 

 or right to left, as they pleased, 

 to go through all the bed. Our 

 only objection to this was, that it 

 wanted uniformity. It is true 

 that no two of a class come to- 

 gether all through the bed ; but it 

 is equally true that if you stand at 

 the end you observe that you 

 have a Byblomen on one side next 

 tlie middle flower, and a Bizarre on 

 the other ; and thus it runs all 

 through the bed. Our mode of 

 arranging is to have everything 

 uniform : if the first is a Eose, the 

 seventh must be ; if the second is 

 a Bizarre, the sixth must be ; and 

 if the third is a Byblomen, tbe fifth 

 should be also. The difierence in 

 the arrangement would be thus : — 



Ro. Byb. Biz. Ro. Biz. Byb. Ro. 

 Byb. Biz. Ro, Byb. Ro. Biz. Bvb. 

 Biz. Ro. Byb. Biz. Byb. Ro. Biz. 



But those who can afibrd it, and 

 take great pains with their beds, 

 should go further than this, and 

 have all the flowers paired as to 

 variety, as well as to class; that 

 is, suppose there is Louis XVI. 

 in the centre, the Eose on each 

 side might be Clarendon ; the 

 next to that, on each side, should 

 be Polyphemus ; and the By- 

 blomen, on the outsides, Eeine de 

 Sheba, or any other named flower 

 of a proper class you please, but 

 both alike, so that all flowers 

 should be grown in duphcate. In 

 forming a bed of Tulips, therefore, 

 you should buy an equal number 

 of first, second, and third - row 

 Koses, Byblomens, and Bizan-es, 

 and half the number of middle row 

 Eoses, Byblomens, and Bizarres. 



For instance, say you want a bed 



of sixty rows, or thirty feet, which 

 is a very pretty and efiective 

 length, you must in that case 

 have twenty each of middle-row 

 Eoses, Byblomens, and Bizarres, 

 and forty each of each of the other 

 heights, or rows ; because, when 

 grown in duplicate, there are two 

 of each to one in the middle. 

 The boxes or drawers in which 

 Tulips are arranged for plant- 

 ing have seven partitions one 

 way, and no matter what length 

 the other ; but they are gene- 

 rally made to hold eight or ten 

 rows. The roots are arranged in 

 these drawers, which are num- 

 bered 1, 2, 3, outside, according 

 to the number of rows. When 

 you plant, lower the soil on the 

 bed to three inches lower than 

 you intend it to be when finished ; 

 level it, and draw the seven lines 

 one way six inches apart, and 

 the cross lines the other six inches 

 apart, by means of stretching a 

 line lengthways quite tight, and 

 pressing it into the soil with the 

 back of the rake, so as to make a 

 mark ; but the cross lines may be 

 made with a straight piece of 

 wood long enough to reach across 

 pressed into the soil. Where 

 these lines cross place the Tulips, 

 gently pressing them half their 

 bulk below the surface ; then put 

 on the three inches of soil. The 

 bed thus planted will need no 

 further attention. Keep the outer 

 Tulip beds clear of weeds. 



Turf may be laid to form lawns 

 or verges w^hile the weather con- 

 tinues mild. It cannot be done 

 in frosty weather, neither should 

 the roots (which are towards the 

 outside of the turf as they are 

 rolled up for removal) be exposed 

 to frost, nor too long to drying 

 winds. 



