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ways true. You must study your climate. 

 They should be planted in time to have a 

 good root-growth before cold weather, but 

 not so early that the green shoot will begin 

 to push its way ; nor so they will be up too 

 soon in the spring, before the covering can 

 be safely taken off. You do not want your 

 beauties working their way through the 

 leaf blanket, and hanging their pretty heads 

 beneath the weight of driving snow. The 

 last of October, or early November, are my 

 planting times here on the Hudson; and 

 from September to December are the ex- 

 treme limits in all winter-having places. 

 But take notice, the bulbs micst be planted 

 in some part of that time ; you cannot wait 

 till spring. Florists say, that orders are sent 

 for tulips and hyacinths just when they are 

 ready to bloom ! You must plant in the 

 fall, with few exceptions. It is so hard for 

 any but a practiced florist, having all facili- 

 ties, to keep safely such kinds as may be 

 kept for spring planting, that ordinary peo- 

 ple had better not try. Lilies grow mouldy, 



