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setting of space and brown earth, if you 

 can ; and then you may pass from group to 

 group with ever new refreshment and de- 

 light. 



Another thing must be borne in mind. 

 Some of your hyacinths are " tall," others 

 " low ;" some are marked " early," and some 

 bloom late. Now you want to have the 

 clumps always symmetrical and shapely ; 

 therefore study the placing of your bulbs 

 from this new point of view. If all the 

 early ones are at one side, if all the tall 

 ones are in front, it is easy to see that the 

 effect will not be good. I generally give 

 the matter a good deal of study. 



When the ground is all prepared, and 

 planting day^ has come, choose from your 

 basket the bulbs for your first clump, and 

 lay them out in order upon the bed — if 

 hyacinths, six or eight inches apart, and 

 tulips a little less, and crocuses not more 

 than three. Then consider the arrange- 

 ment, keeping each bulb in its labelled 

 wrapper until you are ready to plant. And 



