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that they should be so classed as to have the varied colours 

 to show advantageously ; to this end, the tallest should be 

 allotted for the middle of the bed, and others in regular 

 gradations, so as to have the most dwarfish on the sides. 

 The bulbs must be covered with good mould, to the depth 

 of three inches from the top of the bulb on the sides of the 

 bed, and about four inches in the middle. Let a small 

 spoonful of clean drift sand be used around each bulb, and 

 see that the bed be left sufficiently round from the middle 

 to the edges. The beginner must understand that no un- 

 sightly tallies, or number sticks, are to distinguish the 

 Tulips ; but that he must adopt a sort of ground plan, divi- 

 ding the whole bed into rows of seven bulbs across ; for 

 example, take and write down the names and places of the 

 Tulips in the first row, and continue the same form all 

 through to the other end of the bed. 



Row 1st. 

 No. 1. Fenelon, - - -.-- - - this is a Bybloemen. 



2. Duchess of Clarence, - - Rose-coloured. 



3. Charlemagne, - - - - Bybloemen. 



4. Louis the Sixteenth, - - Bybloemen. 



5. Memnon, -----*• Bizarre. 



6. Volney, ------ Bybloemen. 



7. Lady Crewe, - . - - Rose-coloured, 



Good fresh loam, taken from under heallhy grass sods, is 

 the most suitable soil for Tulips to grow in ; under which 

 should be buried, to the depth of afoot, about two inches 

 thickness of well rotted cow or horse droppings. 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 by 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. 



