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ceed best in rather a warm dry soil and situation ; but if the soil 

 happens to be the revet se, the bed should be raised seven or eight 

 inches above the common level, and in either case, it would be 

 well to cover the bed with straw in case of severe frost, for the 

 roots of these are more tender and subject to be injured by the 

 seventy of the winter, than either hyacinths or tulips. The bed 

 should be formed rather rounding to cast off the wet, for which 

 a good fall or descent should be in some convenient direction. The 

 roots may remain two or three years in the ground without being 

 disturbed ; but then it will be necessary to take them up to sepa- 

 rate their offsets, which by being longer connected with the old 

 roots, would cause them to blow small and weak. 



Double-Narcissus (Daffodils) consist of several varieties ; they 

 are hardier than the former, the Italian excepted, and may be 

 treated in a similar manner, but are in less danger from the effects 

 of frost. 



Jonquils, English, Spanish, and Persian Bulbous Iris ; the three 

 first, consist of several varieties, they may be planted from two to 

 three inches deep, according to the looseness of the soil and 

 strength of the bulbs, and treated in the same manner as the Poly- 

 anthus-Narcissus : they are all hardy. 



Crown Imperials, Lilies, Psonias, and the Ornithogalum pyra- 

 inidale, or star of Bethlehem, should be planted now, if not done 

 before, and covered about four inches deep ; these do not require to 

 be taken up oftener than once in two or three years, and then only 

 to separate their offsets. 



Martagon s (lilies with revolute petals) consist of many species 

 and varieties, and may be treated as other lilies ; they however make 

 the best appearance in beds by themselves, and will grow stronger 

 if the ground is well manured and the roots planted from five to 

 six inches deep. The lilies called Martagons are, the Liiium dial* 

 cedonicum, or scarlet Martagon Lily, L. Catesbxi, or Catesby'sLily, 

 L. fiomfionium, or Pomponian Lily, L. sujierbum, or Superb Lily, 

 L. Martagon) or purple Martagon Lily, L. canadense, or Canada 

 Martagon Lily, and L. jafionlcum^ or Japan white Lily, with their 

 varieties j the latter obtained by sowing the seeds of the different 

 species. 



If not done in the preceding months, you should no longer de- 

 fer the planting of spring crocuses, snowdrops, hardy Gladioluses, 

 Persian Fritillarias, Erythroniums, Pancratium maratimum, Or- 

 chises, Limadorum tuberosum, Snakes-head Iris, musk, feathered, 

 pjrupe, and other Hyacinths; the Scilla maritirna, or officinal squill, 

 Scilla peruviana, or Starry Hyacinth, together with ail the other 

 kinds of hardy bulbous, or tuberous-rooted flowers, which you intend 

 planting before spring. These may be planted separately in beds, 

 or along the borders of the flower-garden and pleasure-grounds, 

 and covered from two to three or four inches deep, over the crowns 

 of the roots, according to their respective size and strength, and the 

 lightness or stiffness of the soil. 



In planting any of the above or other sorts in borders, observe 

 that the lowest growing kinds are to be planted next the walks, and 



