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fully. To garden earth, therefore, of a middling 

 texture, should be added some strong clayey or loamy 

 soil ; and it should be well enriched with the cooler 

 dungs ; that is, of neats, or hogs* The whole should 

 be well mixed and incorporated, to the depth of 

 fifteen or eighteen inches. The roots may be plant- 

 ed in four-foot beds, with broad alleys, as for the 

 choice tulips. Form the surface level, in order to 

 detain, rather than throw off moisture ; and throw 

 up the alleys, about two inches deep. Then draw 

 flat drills, exactly two inches in depth, at six inches 

 apart, across the bed. In these place the roots, 

 claws down, at the distance of four inches from each 

 other ; covering carefully, so as not to displace 

 them, and so as that they may be buried an inch 

 and a half, as near as possible. Finish all with the 

 rake ; but the surface of the beds should be quite 

 level, and not rounded, as for bulbous flower-roots. 



Of trimming and dressing the Flower-ground. 

 After the plantations of bulbs, &c. are finished, 

 every part of the flower-ground should be put in 

 order. Most annual flowers will, towards the end of 

 the month, have passed the season of their beauty. 

 We then, being no longer charmed by it, ought not 

 to be distressed, or disgusted with its decayed re- 

 mains. Therefore, remove all decayed annuals, 

 flower-stems, or haulm, and trim off the borders 

 and walks in a neat manner ; dressing this depart- 

 ment in its winter garb ; which will not require to 

 be changed, till spring return. 



