GARDEN' TULIP. 63 



The bed should be placed in an open part of 

 the garden, usually in front of the conservatory 

 or greenhouse, which is its proper place. There 

 it will have full air, and all the natural shelter it 

 requires. 



As soon as the planting is finished, or soon 

 as the points of the leaves appear above ground, 

 the hoops should be fixed and the covering ready 

 to be used against hail-storms, snow, or long-con- 

 tinued rain. This care and attention must be 

 continued till all danger from wintry weather is 

 over. 



The bed should be allowed to have a thorough 

 soaking in the spring. Tulips are never sup- 

 posed to stand in need of hand-watering ; and, 

 therefore, a provision should be made, in forming 

 the bed, to meet any lack of moisture caused by 

 a dry spring, or first months of summer. Deep 

 trenching the bottom of the bed, and putting in 

 a good layer of rotten dung at a proper deptli, 

 are both judicious practices for retaining mois- 

 ture in the bed ; because a body of dung holds 

 moisture much longer than any of the other in- 



