

3 1 8 FLOWER-GARDEN OF PLANTING, &c. [OCTOBER. 



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distinct colours, they flowering so early, and in that 

 manner have a grand effect. There are above sixty 

 varieties to be had. 



Hyacinths. The ground that was prepared for these 

 last month, should be all divided into beds four feet 

 wide,. leaving between each alleys of twenty inches. 

 Skim off three inches of the surface of the former into 

 the latter, level the bed smoothly with the rake, and 

 mark it off in rows eight inches apart. Plant the roots 

 in the row eight inches asunder. Thus they will be 

 squares of eight inches, and by planting the different 

 colours alternately the bed will be beautifully diversi- 

 fied. Press each root gently down with the hand, that 

 in covering up they may not be displaced. Put about 

 four inches of earth over the crowns, which will make 

 the beds from two to three inches higher than the al- 

 leys. The beds before and after planting should be gently 

 rounded from the middle to each side to let the rain 

 pass off. Finish all by raking evenly, straighten the 

 edgings with the line, and clear out the alleys or path- 

 ways, 



Tulips like a lighter and richer earth than Hyacinths. 

 Prepare the beds in the same manner, and so as the 

 roots will stand nine inches apart each way; cover 

 them five inches deep, as the new bulbs are produced 

 above the old. 



If it is intended to screen either of these while in 

 flower, the beds should be made wider. Where two beds 

 are to be shaded under one awning, make the alleys 

 alternately two or three feet wide ; the one two- feet 

 wide to be under the awning. 



