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that they may throw oft" the redundant wet of heavy rains, and 

 remain dry during winter. 



If intended to plant any of the inferior sorts in the borders, in 

 assemblage with other flowers, they may either be planted in a 

 single row towards the front, or some dotted singly, or by three 

 together, to effect a greater variety; but these flowers, when planted 

 in the borders, make the best appearance in little clumps.; that is, 

 in a circle of about six or eight inches, plant four or five roots, and 

 about from three or four to five or ten feet farther, plant another 

 such clump, and so proceed, in a varied order, towards the front and 

 middle. 



Observe that hyacinths, tulips, and other hardy bulbs, which, to 

 do them justice, ought to be planted in October, or early in No- 

 vember, should have lighter or more shallow covering, in proportion 

 to the length of time they are kept out of ground after that period; 

 for instance, tulips, which ought to get four inches of light covering 

 in October, will not be able to bear more than three in December, 

 two and a half in January, two in February, and one and a half if 

 kept up till March; for many of the bulbous kinds become so 

 exhausted by keeping them too long out of the ground, that if 

 planted at the usual depth they have not strength to bear up 

 through it, and ultimately perish. However, this partial remedy 

 ought by no means to induce to the keeping of bulbous roots out of 

 ground after their proper season; but by attending to it, roots may 

 be preserved that would otherwise perish, and which, by planting 

 in due time the succeeding season, may produce tolerably good 

 flowers, and an increase of their kinds. 



Be particular never at any season, nor under any circumstance, 

 to give less covering to any kind of a bulbous or tuberous root 

 when planted in the open ground than one inch over the crown or 

 upper part. 



Planting Crocuses and Snow Drops. 



Any sort of crocuses may still be planted if dry, mild weather; 

 generally planting them along the edges of the flower borders, next 

 the walks, and in flower beds, &c, commonly within five or six 

 inches of the edge, either in a continued row, or dotted in little 

 patches planted about one inch and a half deep: though those 

 designed for the borders appear to greater advantage when dis- 

 posed in small patches than in any other way. Draw a small 

 circle with your finger, about four or five inches diameter; in the 

 middle plant one root, and plant three or four round the edge of 

 the circle; about eighteen inches or two or three feet farther make 

 another circle, and plant the roots as above; and so proceed to the 

 end of the border, &C, or may vary the patches in having some 

 near the edge, and others more towards the middle; observing, if 

 you have different kinds, to plant each sort separate; and if you 

 plant the first patch with yellow crocuses, plant the next with blue, 

 and so proceed with others of different sorts. 



Snow drops may also now be planted in the same manner as the 



