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PLANTING TULIP BEDS. 
dimensions. It is also desirable to choose 
such plants as are not too strictly seasonal in 
their growth. 
PLANTING TULIP BEDS. 
"We believe there are few men more capable 
of giving instruction on this subject than the 
Editor of the Gardeners' Gazette ; and with 
such impression we take the accompanying 
extract on the reformation of Tulip beds from 
that paper. 
" As the Tulip fancy never looked more 
promising than it does at this moment, we 
wish to impress upon the minds of cultivators 
the advantage of arranging them with dupli- 
cates on each side the middle row flower. It is 
impossible to conceive the effect of uniformity, 
unless the bed so arranged is seen growing ; 
the collection, however common it may be, 
that is planted thus, looks worth a score of 
beds that are arranged in the ordinary way. 
Let us give examples of a few rows : — 
In this way would we have the whole bed 
planted ; whatever was on one side the middle 
row should be on the other also; for those who 
have planted so once, will never leave it off. 
He may be unable to carry it out all through, 
but we must do the best we can when we are 
unable to do as we like. Flowers as nearly 
alike in colour, height, and size, must be 
