ON THE CULTURE OF TULIPS. 



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ARTICLE IV. — A fete Observations on the Culture of 

 Tulips. By Amator Floruit , 



A young grower, in the first place, should get good roots — roots 

 in their proper character ; he should see the roots in bloom when 

 he buys, and remember that roots in proper strain, or as it is called 

 " character," especially of feathered Tulips, will always be above 

 the catalogue prices, for these prices are for ordinary Tulips ; and 

 I would advise, if any are grown, to grow the best only, if they 

 are but few. Another point to be attended to, is to have an equal 

 quantity of Roses, Bybloemens, and Bizarres, to make a regular 

 mixture in the bed : provide yourself with a drawer or drawers, 

 each with seventy partitions, seven from back to front, and ten 

 from one end to the other, (as represented in the annexed plan.) 



The middle row takes the fourth-row flowers (see Brown's Cata- 

 logue), the two rows on each side of it the third-row flowers, the 

 two rows outside them the second row, and the two outside ones 

 the first row, so that the highest row is in the middle of the drawer, 

 which the bed will exactly correspond with in planting. When 

 i he roots are arranged in the drawer, the planting goes on very 

 quickly. Let every variety of Tulip that you have be entered 

 into a book, each with a number attached to it. 



-Now for the bed. It should be east and west, for the greater 



