THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 325 
rately, are planted about nine inches apart; but when both are put 
in the same bed the bulbs of each are planted twelve inches apart, 
and they are so distributed that the bulbs of the two classes of 
flowers combined are six inches apart all over the bed. We thus 
have two distinct displays irrespective of the bloom of the plants 
employed for carpeting purposes, which also contributes very mate- 
rially to the attractiveness of the flower garden, for the hyacinths 
are nearly if not quite over by the time the tulips are well in bloom. 
The mixed hyacinths, sold in separate cclours, which cost about a 
guinea a hundred, are employed because of their cheapness, and they 
answer very well. In planting them, each bed is filled with a dis- 
tinct colour. Hyacinths in mixtures comprising all colours may be 
had, but when there are more than two or three beds they are not 
so desirable as those in separate colours. The single varieties are 
also preferable to those with double flowers. The mixed tulips were 
tried, and as they proved very unsatisfactory, we have discarded 
them. We grow varieties purchased under name only, the best for 
bedding purposes can be obtained for a very small additional cost. 
A large number of sorts has not been found necessary, and those 
grown most largely are of the double varieties. Gloria Solis, reddish 
scarlet, with yellow margins; Purple Crown, rich crimson ; Rew 
Rubrorum, brilliant crimson scarlet; and Yellow Rose, bright yellow. 
And of the single varieties, Duchesse de Parma, crimson edged 
with yellow; Queen Victoria, white tinted with rose; Thomas Moore, 
reddish orange; and Yellow Prince, bright yellow. Here we have 
eight varieties, all of w’.ch are of excellent quality, and extrava- 
ganily showy, and proc. -able at prices ranging from five to seven 
shillings per hundred La Candeur is the best of the double white 
tulips, but it is ra‘her expensive; and, after all, white flowers are 
not of so much consequence at the time the tulips are in bloom 
as those of a high colour. There are, perhaps, a dozen other first- 
class bedding tulips, but the above-mentioned are quite sufficient to 
produce a really magnificent display. 
TREE MEMORIALS OF DR. WATTS. 
WATE village of Stoke Newington, in common with many 
others in the suburbs of London, is rich in memorials 
of great and good men. The new thoroughfare called 
De Foe Road nearly marks the spot where Daniel De 
Foe wrote “ Robinson Crusoe,’ and the mulberry-tree 
that grew in the garden in De Foe’s time was known to many 
within the past few years, but will be known no more, for “ improve- 
ment” has annihilated it. Here are memorials of Sir Walter 
Raleigh, of Fairfax, of Samuel Rogers, of Mrs. Barbauld, and of 
many others whose names will long be cherished ; but there are 
none so distinct and striking as the memorials of Dr. Watts. In 
the year 1702, Dr. Isaac Watts succeeded Dr. Chauncy in the 
ministry at Mark Lane. He had previously acted as private tutor 
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