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pected to reach, yet the gaseous qualities of the 

 dung, ranging far round its actual place, may 

 reach and assist the plants. 



The Lord Mayor's day, 9th November, has 

 been long on fixed by London florists as the 

 proper time for planting the tulip. In doing this 

 no other attention is required than placing the 

 bulbs regularly about six or seven inches apart, 

 and about three and a half inches deep. Placing 

 each bulb in a cone of sand is a usual practice ; 

 it may do good by keeping off damp and insects 

 from the bulb while it is inert; and it can do no 

 harm by impoverishing the soil of the bed. In 

 order that the business of regulating and plant- 

 ing the bed may be done with accuracy and de- 

 spatch,! shall endeavour to describe Mr. Groom's, 

 of Walworth, (one of our most eminent florists) 

 excellent method of doing it ; and though it be 

 not necessary every where, it deserves imitation 

 wherever it may be apphed. 



Mr. Groom's principal tulip-bed is four feet 

 wide within, and one hundred and twenty or more 

 feet in length. It is raised fifteen inches above 



