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Remarks on the eultivation of the Tulip, 



The size of the house should be governed by the width 

 and length of the bed. It should be made at least ten feet 

 wider and longer than the bed, so as to admit of a walk on 

 each side, about five feet wide. The bed is thus described: — 



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a, is the under calico, for the ]iurpose of intercepting moisture; b, 

 iron ties; c, plates; rf, jjosts, which shouM be from six to seven feet 

 al)ove the level of the g;ar(Ien; e, end section of wooden rollers; f, 

 rafters, which look much neater if made of iron rod, about the thick- 

 ness of that used for hurdles; §•, ridge-board; h, doors, of which 

 there should be one at each eml, for the convenience of admittinjj a 

 current of free air when the weather is too inclement to allow of the 

 awning being pulled up. This is efi'ected by very siiii|)le means; the 

 lines ])ass through staples in the side of the ridge-board, where a 

 knot at the end lastens them, and the lines must be brought down un- 

 der the l)ole, and made to [)ass through a fixed pulley at the top of 

 each line. They are then to be brought down, and those on each 

 side passed through a block containing as many pulleys or sheaves as 

 there are lines. By these means, all the lines, attached to each side 

 of the awning, will be collected into one parcel, and either one side 

 or both can be raised or lowered to any degree that may be necessary. 

 t, represents the sides of the frame work, which should be closed 

 with canvass, drawn as tightly as possible. 



