168 PLANTING TULIPS. [OCT. 



You will observe that a tulip, when well 

 grown, has a very hard skin : this should be 

 carefully taken off before planting, (so as not to 

 injure the rudiments of roots which you will 

 perceive at the bottom;) the reason why this 

 should be done, is, that the skin, when split by 

 the frost, forms a sort of cup which holds water; 

 hence the root, being held as it were in a basin 

 of water before it begins to grow, is often de- 

 Itroyed by the rot. 



Those who grow narcissus and hyacinth roots 

 in glasses, should, after putting them in the 

 glasses, place them in a cold cellar, to make 

 the roots shoot at least three inches before the 

 leaves, for the reason I have already given. 



About the middle of the month, anemonies 

 intended to flower early, should be planted in 

 the same manner as I formerly directed as to 

 ranunculuses, which may also be planted at the 



