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that they may throw off' the redundant wet of heavy rains, and 
remain dry during winter. 
If intended to plant any of the inferior sorts in the borders, in 
assemblage with other flowers, they may either be planted in a 
single row towards the front, or some dotted singly, or by three 
together, to effect a greater variety; but these flowers, when planted 
in the borders, make the best appearance in little clumps; that is, 
in a circle of about six or eight inches, plant four or five roots, and 
about from three or four to five or ten feet farther, plant another 
such clump, and so proceed, in a varied order, towards the front and 
middle. 
Observe that hyacinths, tulips, and other hardy bulbs, which, to 
do them justice, ought to be planted in October, or early in No- 
vember, should have lighter or more shallow covering, in proportion 
to the length of time they are kept out (rf ground after that period; 
for instance, tulips, which ought to get four inches of light covering 
in October, will not be able to bear more than three in December, 
two and a half in January, two in February, and one and a half if 
kept up till March; for many of the bulbous kinds become so 
exhausted by keeping them too long out of the ground, that if 
planted at the usual depth they have not strength to bear up 
through it, and ultimately perish. However, this partial remedy 
ought by no means to induce to the keeping of bulbous roots out of 
ground after their proper season; but by attending to it, roots may 
be preserved that would otherwise perish, and which, by planting 
in due time the succeeding season, may produce tolerably good 
flowers, and an increase of their kinds. 
Be particular never at any season, nor under any circumstance, 
to give less covering to any kind of a bulbous or tuberous root 
when planted in the open ground than one inch over the crown or 
upper part. 
Fianling Crocuses and Snow Drops. 
Any sort of crocuses may still be planted if dry, mild weather; 
generally planting them along the edges of the flower borders, next 
the walks, and in flower beds, &c., commonly within five or six 
inches of the edge, either in a continued row, or dotted in little 
patches planted about one inch and a half deep: though those 
designed for the borders appear to greater advantage when dis- 
posed in small patches than in any other way. Draw a small 
circle with your finger, about four or five inches diameter; in the 
middle plant one root, and plant three or four round the edge of 
the circle; about eighteen inches or two or three feet farther make 
another circle, and plant the roots as above; and so proceed to the 
end of the border, &c., or may vary the patches in having some 
near the edge, and others more towards the middle; observing, if 
you have different kinds, to plant each sort separate; and if you 
plant the first patch with yellow crocuses, plant the next with blue, 
and so proceed with others of different sorts. 
Snow drops may also now be planted in the same manner as the 
