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at the present time, will give a moderate-sized bed, tliat 

 shall contain the greater part of the finest varieties grown ; 

 such a bed as e250 would not have purchased twelve or 

 fourteen years ago. 



To describe minutely the mode of planting a regular bed 

 of Tulips would exceed our limits ; suffice it to state that 

 the name of every bulb should be written in a book, and 

 that they should be so classed as to have the varied colours 

 show advantageously ; to this end, the tallest should be allot- 

 ted for the middle of the bed, and others in regular grada- 

 tion, so as to have the most dwarfish on the sides. The 

 bulbs must be covered with good mould to the depth of three 

 inches from the top of the bulb on the sides of the bed, and 

 about four inches in the middle. Let a small spoonful of 

 clean drift sand be used around each bulb, and see that the 

 bed be left sufficiently round from the middle to the edges. 

 The beginner must understand that no unsightly tallies, or 

 number sticks, are to distinguish the Tulips ; but that he 

 must adopt a sort of ground plan, dividing the whole "bed 

 into rows of seven bulbs across ; for example, write down 

 the names and places of the Tulips in the first row, and con- 

 tinue the same form all through to the other end of the bed. 



Row First, 



No. 1. Fenelon, ------ this is a Bybloemen. 



2. Duchess of Clarence, - - " Rose-coloured. 



3. Charlemagne, - - - - " Bybloemen. 



4. Louis the Sixteenth, .- - " Bybloemen. 



5. Memnon, - " Bizarre. 



6. Volney, ------ " Bybloemen. 



7. Lady Crewe, " Rose-coloured 



Good fresh loam, taken from under healthy grass sods, is 

 the most suitable soil for Tulips to grow in ; under which 

 should be buried, to the depth of a foot, about two inches' 

 thickness of well- rotted cow* or horse droppings. The reason 

 for placing the dung so low is, that the fibres may get down 



