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would not receive so much advantage from the action of the air, 

 which is an object of some importance. 



The surface of the bed should be raked perfectly even and flat, and 

 the roots planted in rows at the distance of about five or six inches 

 from one another. It is better to plant in shallow trenches, made 

 nearly two inches deep, than to make holes for the reception of the 

 roots ; there should be a little clean sand sprinkled in the trench, 

 and the roots placed with their claws downwards, each distant from 

 the other about three or four inches according to its size and 

 strength ; when the roots are thus laid in, fill the trenches up level, 

 with the same earth that was taken out, so as to cover the roots 

 exactly one inch and a half deep, which is the only true depth to 

 produce a good bloom ; it is pointed out by nature in a singular 

 manner; for when these roots have been planted either too shallow 

 or too deep, in either case, a second root is generally formed at a 

 proper depth, by which the plant is weakened to such a degree that 

 it seldom survives a repetition of it. It will be of considerable ser- 

 vice to have the bed framed around with boards, or brickwork, a few 

 inches higher than its surface, in front, and rising gradually to the 

 back part, in order to make it the more convenient to protect the 

 roots from severe frosts, as directed in the following months. 



PLANTING ANEMONES. 



Anemones require nearly the same treatment as ranunculuses, are 

 hardier, and consequently may be planted in the autumn with more 

 safety; the most eligible period is between the first and fifteenth of 

 this month, for if the winter sets in early and proves severe, late 

 planted roots will not have time to vegetate before frosty weather 

 takes place ; in which case, there will be great danger of their perish- 

 ing, as they are then replete with moisture, and in a state of inac- 

 tivity, which renders not only them but all other roots more suscepti- 

 ble of injury from frost, and more subject to mouldiness, than after 

 vegetation has commenced. To avoid which, as much as possible, a 

 suitable covering or protection must be put on and taken off the beds, 

 as often and in such proportion, as the exigency or circumstances of 

 the case may require. 



The beds should consist of the same kind of soil, and be prepared 

 in the same manner as for ranunculuses ; the roots should be at nearly 

 similar distances from each other, and be planted in the same man- 

 ner, except that they require to be covered rather deeper ; that is, 

 they should be planted two inches deep. It requires some care and 

 attention to distinguish which side of the root is to be placed upper- 

 most, especially if the small thread-like fibres had been entirely 

 cleaned off, when the roots were taken up. 



The roots are in general rather flat, and their eyes, from whence 

 the stems and flowers proceed, are easily distinguished on one side 

 of the root, which of course should be planted uppermost. For their 

 further treatment see the ensuing months. 



