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FLOWER GARDEN. 
dark flowers come together in the same row, 
either along or across. The following ar- 
rangement, although not dillicult or intricate, 
is the very best for effect that can he adopted, 
and nothing can be much more easy to accorn- 
plish. 
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Light Blue 
Yellow 
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The best mode of planting is to dig out the 
space intended for the bed, four feet wide and 
a foot deep. At the bottom put a couple of 
inches thickness of rotten cow-dung; mix 
with the stuff taken out, be it what it may, 
sand enough to lighten it, and one-fourth of 
its bulk of rotten cow-dung ; fill up the space 
with this compost level with the top. Then 
run a line down the middle, and with the back 
of the rake, cause the line to make its mark; 
make then other marks on each side of this 
outer mark six inches apart, and there will be 
six inches on each side of the bed unoccupied ; 
with a straight piece of a rod, four feet long, 
let two persons, one on each side the bed, make 
the cross marks ; and to do this correctly, each 
person must measure six inches from the last 
mark. This marking will point out the place 
for every root, that is, where the lines intersect 
each other ; on these points place the bulbs, 
pushing them gently into the soil ; then throw 
the rest of the soil on the top, to the depth 
of four or five inches all over the bed; chop the 
sides square, remove the spare soil, and leave 
them to their fate, until they come above the 
ground, when, if you are particular about pre- 
serving the flowers long in perfection, you must 
place hoops or irons over them, and cover with 
some waterproof cloth or calico, that does not 
exclude the light. When they flower, they will 
be equally benefited by keeping offwet and sun, 
and they will preserve a splendid appearance, 
infinitely more brilliant than they would by 
any other arrangement that could be adopted. 
In planting Hyacinths in the borders they look 
best in groups, including all the colours, or 
alternately the three light and three dark. 
For instance, dark red, dark blue, and yellow, 
in one ; and light red, light blue, and white, 
in the other. Many, however, plant three of 
