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TULIP. 



is either white or yellow, and admits of no farther 

 change ; other plain-coloured Tulips, whether red or 

 purple, are called breeders, and are hardly worthy 

 of being exhibited. Mr. Hogg informs us, that £100 

 say $500, judiciously expended at the present time, 

 will give a moderate-sized bed that shall contain the 

 greater part of the finest varieties grown ; such a bed 

 as £250 would not not have purchased twelve or 

 fourteen years ago. To describe minutely the mode of 

 planting a regular bed of Tulips would exceed our 

 limits ; suffice it to state that the name of every bulb 

 should be written in a book, and that they should be 

 so classed as to have all the varied colours to show 

 advantageously ; to this end, the tallest should be 

 allotted for the middle of the bed, and others in regular 

 gradation, so as to have the most dwarfish on the sides. 

 The bulbs must be covered with good mould, to the 

 depth of three inches from the top of the bulb on the 

 sides of the bed, and about four inches in the middle. 

 Let a small spoonful of clean drift sand be used around 

 each bulb, and see that the bed be left sufficiently 

 round from the middle to the edges. The beginner 

 must understand that no unsightly tallies, or number 

 sticks, are to distinguish the Tulips ; but that he must 

 adopt a sort of ground plan, dividing the whole bed 

 into rows of seven bulbs across ; for example, take and 

 write down the names and places of the Tulips in the 

 first row, and continue the same form all through_ta 

 the other end of the bed. 



