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Matter : All that can be done by 

 Art, is, to fhift the Roots every 

 Year into frelh Earth, and a diffe- 

 rent Situation, by which Method 

 I have had very good Succefs. 



The Earth of thefe Beds fhould 

 be every Year different j for al- 

 though it is generally agreed, that 

 lean, hungry, freili Earth doth haften 

 their breaking, and cauie their 

 Stripes to be the finer, and more 

 beautiful j yet, if they are every 

 Year planted in the fame Sort of 

 Soil, It will not have lb much 

 Effett on them, as if they were 

 one Year planted in one Sort ot 

 Earth, and the next in a very dif- 

 ferent one, zs I have feveral times 

 experienced. 



The beft Compoft for thefe Roots 

 is a third Part of frelb Earth from 

 a good Pafture, which fliould have 

 the Sward rotted with it ; a third 

 Part of Sea Sand j and the other 

 Part lifted Lime - rubbilh i thele 

 iTiould be all mix'd together, fix or 

 eight Months at leaft before it is 

 uk-d, and fliould be frequently 

 turned, in order to mix the Parts 

 well together. With this Mixture 

 the Beds (hould be made about 

 eighteen Inches deep, after the fol- 

 k)v/ing manner : After the old Earth 

 is taken from out of the Bed to the 

 Depth intended, then Ibme of the 

 frelh Earth fhould be put in about 

 ten Inches thick, this fhould be le- 

 veli'd exactly, and then Lines drawn 

 each Wav of the Bed, chequerwiiei 

 at fix Inches diftance, upon the 

 Center of each Crols, ihould be 

 placed the Tulip Roots, in an up- 

 right Poiition 3 and after having 

 finiih'd the Bed in this manner, the 

 Earth muft be filled in fo as to raiie 

 the Bed eight Inches higher, ob- 

 ierving in domg this, not to dii- 

 piace any of the Roots, and alfoto 



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lay the Top of the Beds a 

 little rounding, to throw off the 



Water. 



There are many Perfons who arc 

 fo carelefs in planting their TuUps 

 Roots, as only to dig and level the 

 Beds well, and then with a blunt 

 Dibble to make Holes, into which 

 they put the Roots, and then fill 

 up the Holes with a Rake 5 but 

 this is by no means a good Method, 

 for the Dibble in making the Holes, 

 preffes the Earth clofely on each 

 Side and at the Bottom, whereby 

 the Moifture is often detain'd fo 

 long about the Roots as to rot 'em ; 

 behdes, the Earth being hard at the 

 Bottom of the Bulbs, they can't fo 

 eafily emit their Fibres, which mull 

 certainly prejudice the Roots. 



Thele Beds fhould be funk, more 

 or lefs, below the Surface, accord- 

 ing to the Moifture or Drynefs of 

 the Soil, for the Roots fliould be 

 fo elevated as never to have the 

 Water Hand near 'em long, which 

 is very apt to rot them. So that 

 where the Soil is very wet, it will 

 be proper to lay fome Lime-rub- 

 bilh under the Earth, in order to 

 drain off the Wet, and the Beds 

 Ibould be entirely rais'd above the 

 Level of the Ground i but to pre- 

 vent their falling down into the 

 Walks, after FrofI: or hard Rains, 

 it will be proper to raile the Paths 

 between them, either with Seu- 

 Coal Afhes or Rubbifli, eight or ten 

 Inches, which will fupport the 

 Earth of the Beds, and thefe Paths 

 may flope at each End from the. 

 Middle, which will caufe the Water 

 to run off as it falls. But where 

 the Soil is dry, the Beds may be 

 funk a Foot or fourteen Inches be- 

 low the Surface, for in fuch Places 

 the Beds need not be more thm 

 four or iix inches above the Sur- 



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