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any other fit compost, ten or twelve inches deep, 

 and plant the bulbs at the depth of four or five 

 inches, and let the offsets be planted pretty thickly 

 in beds by themselves. When they come up in 

 spring, stir up the surface earth gently, and clear off 

 weeds, and as the buds appear, guard them as has 

 been directed for the Ranunculus. When in flower, 

 the finer sorts should be protected from sun, rain, 

 and wind, and the loftier kinds secured by tyings 

 of green worsted to horizontal caps painted green, 

 running along the back of each, and made tight to 

 stakes at the corner of the beds. When the flowers 

 are decayed, and the seed vessels beginning to swell, 

 break them off at the top of the stalks, else the roots 

 will be weakened. 



A good Tulip should be of a bright color at the 

 bottom of the cup, either white or yellow. The cup 

 ought to be full and round, and rather wider at the 

 top than below. The leaves or petals should be 

 six in number, (three within and three without, the 

 former larger than the latter,) rounded on the upper 



, and broken into distinct and brilliant streaks of 

 *, the central streak of each leaf feathering to its 

 edges, in clear and well-defined points, and this hand- 

 some cup should be supported by a stem from twenty 

 to thirty inches in height, and of sufficient substance 

 to preserve its upright position. This flower cannot 

 be too rich in its coloring, provided there be no 

 mixture or confusion, and that the bottom of the cup 

 always be of pure white or yellow, free from the 

 encroachment of any other color: when out of 

 flower, the seed-cup should be cut off, to swell and 

 strengthen the bulb. When the leaves are withered, 

 the bulbs should be taken up with the stems; and 

 this should be done every year, or they will degene- 

 rate. It is good also to replant them in fresh soil, 



