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ground level. They are to be brought to this, by 

 placing cow manure, well rotted, and firmly pressed 

 at the bottom of the excavation, to the depth of four 

 inches^ and upon this, eighteen or twenty inches of 

 the foregoing compost ; in which, (sunk two inches 

 from its surface,) the roots are to be planted at nine 

 inches apart, every way laying a little fine sand 

 under and around the sides of each root ; and then 

 over the w r hole, in rounded form, six or eight inches 

 of peat, or of fine sandy mould. 



The requisites, in a choice of situation for Hya- 

 cinth beds, should be good shelter, and at the same 

 time, that the beds should be so circumstanced, as to 

 continue perfectly dry at bottom : moisture lodging 

 about its roots is destruction to a Hyacinth. This 

 preparation and compost will answer for other flower 

 roots, with the following changes as to the propor- 

 tions of the ingredients. 



COMPOST FOR TULIPS. 



Two parts (say two barrows) of sod mould ; one 

 ditto, cow manure ; one ditto, rotted leaves ; adding, 

 if the sod mould be in itself of a clayey nature, one 

 barrow of fine sand. Let the roots be planted in 

 rows nine inches asunder, six inches apart in the 

 row, and four inches deep ; the largest roots in the 

 centre of the bed. It is of advantage to Tulips, in 

 order to preserve the colors clear and distinct, to 

 plant them in alternate years in a strong, and in a 

 light compost. 



