Jan.] FLOWER GARDEN. gj 



frost by laying tan, earth, or litter round the outside of the frames, 

 and carefully covering them at nights and in severe weather with 

 glasses, or with boards laid lengthwise or across the frames, with 

 mats or other covering on top, but carefully observing to give them 

 plenty of air every day that the weather is tolerably mild, for if too 

 much confined they will draw up and be good for nothing. 



Plant ranunculuses and anemones in mild, dry, open weather, if 

 you have any now out of the ground, and the frost will admit 

 of your working it; these now planted will succeed those which 

 were put into the ground in October or November. 



For their reception choose a dry situation where the ground is 

 of a light, rich nature. Let it be well digged, breaking the earth 

 fine, and form it into beds of three feet and a half or four feet wide; 

 rake the surface smooth, and then plant the roots. These roots, 

 after planting, should be protected, as above, from severe frost and 

 too much wet; either of which would, at this season, materially in- 

 jure them. 



For the particular method of preparing the beds and planting the 

 roots, see the work of October. 



In warm, dry, and well sheltered situations, in the middle states 

 and generally in the southern states, these beautiful flowers may be 

 planted in the open borders in small patches with other kinds, and 

 will there make a very agreeable appearance. You may plant four 

 or five roots in a small circle of about six inches diameter, one in 

 the middle and the rest round the extreme part of the circle; and 

 let these patches or clumps be from two or three to five, ten, or 

 twelve feet asunder, and the roots be covered from one to two 

 inches deep, according to the lightness of the ground. 



The above practice, however, of planting those roots in patches 

 about the borders is meant principally for the common sorts; for 

 it is necessary to plant the fine varieties together in narrow beds or 

 frames, as above, in order both to have the opportunity of protect- 

 ing them occasionally in severe weather, and that when in flower 

 they may display a spacious show together in their various colours, 

 stripes, and tints, in the different varieties; and also in the spring, 

 when the plants are in bloom, they can be more readily sheltered 

 from great rains or too much sun, both of which would hasten the 

 decay of the flowers; and as the pleasure of admiring the bloom is 

 the only intention of cultivating these flowers, no pains should be 

 spared to protect the more beautiful sorts. 



Planting; Tulips. 



Tulips, if you have any out of the ground, should now be planted 

 the first settled open weather, to blow late, and to succeed those 

 planted late in autumn. 



Let this be done as soon as the weather will permit: for if these 



roots are kept much longer out of the ground, they will blow very 



poorly. If they are to be planted in beds, let them be made three 



or four feet wide, raised two or three inches, somewhat rounding. 



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