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gardens but cannot be used here as the pheasants are so fond 

 of the roots, rats and mice also are very destructive to them ; 

 where they can be grown they give a great abundance of 

 flowers early in the year and should be planted freely. 



Where the beds have to be cleared in May and planted 

 with summer flowering plants, Tulips and other bulbs that have 

 not completed their growth will suffer considerably, and 

 their flowers will be much smaller the following season. My 

 practice has been to dig a shallow trench in a sheltered position 

 and put the Tulips in again as quickly as possible, covering 

 the stems with earth to the same depth as before ; they have 

 remained thus until the foliage has died away when they are 

 taken up, dried, and stored as usual until October; during the 

 next season they are grown on a piece of good ground at 

 the Kitchen garden, here they recruit their strength, and by 

 the end of the season have again formed good bulbs that are 

 fit to plant in the beds in the following year. Thus by grow- 

 ing two sets of bulbs, one for each year, very few need be 

 purchased after the second year of spring bedding, except in 

 the case of new varieties. 



Some trials carried out carefully for seven years showed 

 that less damage was done by lifting the bulbs when in full 

 flower, than by lifting about a month after flowering while the 

 leaves were still fresh and healthy. 



TRIAL No. 1. 



Three good flowering roots of Tulip Keizers Kroon were 

 planted in October 1 896, and were lifted after the foliage 

 decayed naturally in 1 897, this process being repeated yearly 



