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frames should be fully exposed therein night and day ; take 

 the first opportunity of damp cloudy days to have them 

 transplanted into the borders or beds, lifting them out of the 

 frame with as much earth as will adhere to their roots. 



CARE OF HYACINTHS, TULIPS, &c. 



For the treatment of these^ while in bloom^ see last month. 

 The best time to take them out of the ground is about five 

 weeks after they are done flowering, or when the stem ap- 

 pears what may be termed half-decayed. The best method 

 to dry them is to place the roots in rows, with bulb to bulb, 

 the stems lying north and south, or east and west. Give the 

 bulbs a very thin covering of earth, merely to exclude the 

 sun, so that they may not dry too rapidly, being thereby 

 liable to become soft. When they have thoroughly dried in 

 this situation, which will be in eight or ten days in dry 

 weather (and if it rains cover them with boards), take them 

 to an airy dry loft or shade, clearing off the fibres or stems, 

 and in a few weeks put them in close drawers, or cover them 

 with sand perfectly dry, until the time of planting, for which 

 see October. 



It is not advisable to allow any of the bulbs of either 

 Hyacinths or Tulips to seed, as it retards their ripening and 

 weakens the root, except where there are a few desired for 

 new varieties. The small ofF-sets must be carefully kept in 

 dry sand; or immediately planted. 



^ ANExMONES AND RANUNCULUS 



These, while in bloom, should be carefully shaded from 

 the sun by hoops and thin canvas, or an erect temporary 

 awning ; and as soon as they are done flowering, they must 

 be fully exposed and the w'^terings given up. 



TUBEROSES AND AMARYLLIS, 



That are not planted^ should now be done. For full di- 

 rections, see last month. In many seasons, any time before 

 the twelfth is quite soon enough ; but nothing ought to be 



