MOVEABLK lUAMF. FOK TULIP BEDS. 



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ARTICLE lY.—On a Movcahlc Frame for TuUp Beds, 

 S,'c. By W. P. B. 



In answer to Snowdrop, who enquires respecting a moveable 

 awning, &c. for Tuli}) and Ranunculus beds, I beg to infonn him 

 that I cultivate a bed of Tulips and another of Ranunculuses, and 

 the frame and covering I use is made after the following construc- 

 tion : — 



I have wooden sockets (Fig. 1. a.) inserted in the ground eight 



inches deep, and about nine feet apart from a to y. Into them I 

 Lave a concsponding number of upright posts, (b) each being 

 tliree inclies sijuaie at the sides, and liaving a wire peg (c) at the 

 top tluee inclies long. On the top I aflix a rail (d) two inches 

 by one inch, which is joined to corresponding rails at the upright 

 posts (e e) and fix on Uic peg (c.) The rails arc fonncd at their 

 ends to underwrap each other, as (/_/:) The roof is of sufficient 

 slope to cany off the wet, the ridge of which is compased of seve. 

 ral pieces; these are about three inches deep, and from half an 

 inch to three quarters thickness, formed at the ends for insertion 

 iiiUj concsponding pieces, as ( A A. ) The joining of the ridge i)ieces 



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