464 THE PLEASURE GARDEN. |~JAN, 



or may be placed in blowing-glasses, and may be 

 set in the stove, or in any forcing-house, in order to 

 bring them forward for the green-house or the draw- 

 ing-room. 



Of planting Bulbous Flowers. 

 Bulbous flower-roots of any kind may be planted 

 at this time, if the weather be open, provided the 

 soil have been properly prepared for them, and be 

 pretty dry. . But a much better season is October; 

 to which month the reader is referred for full direc- 

 tions on planting all sorts of bulbs, and also respect- 

 ing the soils proper for them. 



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Of planting Anemones and Ranunculuses. 



Anemones and ranunculuses may likewise now be 

 planted, if that have not been done as directed in 

 October. In dry, or properly prepared soils, and in 

 good situations, the latter end of autumn is the best 

 season in which to plant these roots ; but in heavy 

 soils, or in cold situations, the latter end of this 

 month, or in February, is a very fit time to plant 

 them. See full directions for preparing the soil, and 

 for planting, in October. 



Of preparing ground for planting various Flowers 



next month. 



In open, and tolerably dry weather, let the beds, 

 borders, and such pieces of vacant ground in the 

 Pleasure Garden as are intended to be planted with 

 hardy perennial or fibrous- rooted flowers next 



