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FLOWER GARDEN. 
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This plan, on minute investigation, will appear superior to any 
other that can be devised for simplicity and an elegant and advan- 
tageous display of the colours; each bulb, those of the outside rows 
excepted, will be in the centre of a hexagon, and the whole at 
equal distances from each other. The width of the surface of the 
bed is to be four feet, the six rows along it eight inches asunder, 
and the outside rows, each four inches from the sides of the bed; 
consequently the space between the centre of each bulb will be 
about nine inches and a quarter. The letters R, B, W, denote 
the colour of the flower to be placed there, viz: Red, Blue, or 
White. Under these three heads all hyacinths may be compre- 
hended, except a few sorts of yellow, which may be classed with 
the whites. 
On planting the hyacinths a little clean sand should be placed 
underneath, and likewise upon the roots, to prevent the earth 
adhering too close to them; the whole are then to be covered with 
sound, fresh, sandy earth from three to four inches deep, according 
to the size of the bulbs; when this is completed the bed will be 
about six or seven inches above the level of the walk in front, or on 
the south side, and about ten or eleven inclies on the north side; it 
should be supported all around with a strong frame of thick boards 
or with brickwork; this frame should be six inches or more higher 
all around than the surface, and of course sloping towards the front 
to support such covering as may be necessary for the preservation 
of the roots from heavy rains and severe frosts. For their further 
treatment see the ensuing months. 
The extraordinary preparation and trouble above recommended, 
are only necessary to bring the finest kinds of hyacinths to the best 
possible perfection; but the nearer you can make it convenient to 
approach to said method, in the cultivation of all the other varie- 
ties, the greater perfection you may expect to have them in: this, 
however, must be governed by circumstances, and you need not 
despair of having very fine flowers in any o-oorf, rich kitchen garden 
soil that lies dry and inclines a little to sand; and even without 
any kind of protection during winter. 
The common sorts of hyacinths, of every species and variety, 
may be planted in open beds, or in small clumps round the borders, 
