FLOWER-GARDENING. 87 



Row First. 



No. 1. Fcnelon, this is a Bybloemeu. 



2. Ducliess of Clarence, .... " Rose-colored. 



3. Charlemagne, " Byhloemeu. 



4. Louis the Sixteenth, .... " Bybloemen. 



5. Memnon, " Bizarre. 



6. Volney, " Bybloemen. 



7. Lady Crewe, " Rose-colored. 



Good fresh loam, taken from under healthy grass sods, is the 

 most suitable soil for Tulips. Under this soil should be buried 

 well rotted cow or horse droppings, to the depth of a foot, about 

 two inches in thickness. The reason for placing the dung so 

 low is that the fibres may get down to it (which they will do), 

 and that the bulbs may not be injured b}^ it, as is apt to be the 

 case if too much dung is used around them. The best time for 

 planting the bulbs is early in November, and the beds should 

 be made a fortnight previous, in order that the earth may 

 become sufficiently settled. If severe frosts set in after 

 the Tulips show themselves above ground in the spring, 

 some protection should be given. Single mats placed over 

 hoop bends answer very well ; and at the time of blooming, an 

 a\vnino; should be erected over them to screen them from the 

 intense heat of the sun, which awning should be sufficiently 

 spacious to admit of persons walking under it, to view the 

 beautiful flowers to the greatest possible advantage. 



TUBEROSE. 



Tliis fragrant and delightful yet very tender flower has been 

 cultivated in English flower-gardens for upwards of two cen- 

 turies. There the bulbs are generally cultivated in pots early 

 in the spring, and transferred to the flower-borders as soon as 



