210 TUBEROSE. 



Good fresh loam, taken from under healihy grass sods, 13 

 the most suitable soil for Tulips to grow in ; under \vhich 

 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 

 to it, (which they will do,) and that the bulbs may not 

 be injured by it, as is apt to be the case if too much dung is 

 used around them. The best time for planting the bulbs, is 

 early in November, and the beds should be made a forf night 

 previous, in order that the earth may become sufficiently 

 settled. 



If severe frosts set in, after the Tulips show themselves 

 above ground in the Spring, some protection should be 

 given ; single mats placed over hoop bends answer very 

 well ; and at the time of blooming, an awning should be 

 erected over them, sufficient to screen the Tulips from the 

 intense heat of the sun, which awning should be sufficiently 

 spacious to admit of persons walking under it, to view the 

 beautiful flowers to the greatest possible advantage. 



TUBEROSE. 



This fragrant and delightful flower has been cultivated in 

 English flower gardens for upwards of two centuries ; there 

 the bulbs are generally cultivated in pots early in the Spring, 

 and transferred to the flower borders as soon as it becomes 

 settled warm weather ; for they are very tender. They 

 generally succeed very well here, if planted at once in the 

 open borders towards the end of April, and produce flowers 

 which are pure white, and highly odoriferous, on a stem 

 from three to four feet high. 



The bulbs produce a number of offsets, which should be 

 preserved with the parent plants through the Winter, and 

 then parted oft" and planted by themselves in April or early 

 in May, to produce flowering roots for the ensuing year. 

 These roots thrive best in a light rich soil, well pulverised, 

 in which they should be planted about two inches deep, not 

 forgetting to take them up again before the approach of 

 Winter. 



