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frost by laying tan, earth, or litter round the outside of the frames, 
and carefully covering them at nights and in severe vi^eather with 
glasses, or with boards laid lengthwise or across the frames, with 
mats or other covering on top, but carefully observing to give them 
plenty of air every day that the weather is tolerably mild, for if too 
much confined they will draw up and be good for nothing. 
Plant ranunculuses and anemones in mild, dry, open weather, if 
you have any now out of the ground, and the frost will admit 
of your working it; these now planted will succeed those which 
were put into the ground in October or November. 
For their reception choose a dry situation where the ground is 
of a light, rich nature. Let it be well digged, breaking the earth 
fine, and form it into beds of three feet and a half or four feet wide; 
rake the surface smooth, and then plant the roots. These roots, 
after planting, should be protected, as above, from severe frost and 
too much wet; either of which would, at this season, materially in- 
jure them. 
For the particular method of preparing the beds and planting the 
roots, see the work of October. 
In warm, dry, and well sheltered situations, in the middle states 
and generally in the southern states, these beautiful flowers maybe 
planted in the open borders in small patches with other kinds, and 
will there make a very agreeable appearance. You may plant four 
or five roots in a small circle of about six inches diameter, one in 
the middle and the rest round the extreme part of the circle; and 
let these patches or clumps be from two or three to five, ten, or 
twelve feet asunder, and the roots be covered from one to two 
inches deep, according to the lightness of the ground. 
The above practice, however, of planting those roots in patches 
about the borders is meant principally for the common sorts; for 
it is necessary to plant the fine varieties together in narrow beds or 
frames, as above, in order both to have the opportunity of protect- 
ing them occasionally in severe weather, and that when in flower 
they may display a spacious show together in their various colours, 
stripes, and tints, in the different varieties; and also in the spring, 
when the plants are in bloom, they can be more readily sheltered 
from great rains or too much sun, both of which would hasten the 
decay of the flowers; and as the pleasure of admiring the bloom is 
the only intention of cultivating these flowers, no pains should be 
spared to protect the more beautiful sorts. 
Planting Tulips. 
Tulips, if you have any out of the ground, should now be planted 
the first settled open weather, to blow late, and to succeed those 
planted late in autumn. 
Let this be done as soon as the weather will permit; for if these 
roots are kept much longer out of the ground, they will blow very 
poorly. If they are to be planted in beds, let them be made three 
or four feet wide, raised two or three inches, somewhat rounding, 
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