276 THE FLOWER-GARDEN* [chap. yiii. 
and planted in very rich and highly ma¬ 
nured, but light soil, at the foot of a south or 
west wall, against which they should be 
trained like a peach-tree, and all the super¬ 
fluous shoots cut off. When planted, they 
should be carefully watered, not only at their 
roots, but all over their leaves, with a fine- 
rosed watering-pot, or garden-engine. They 
should afterwards be watered three times a- 
day, and occasionally with soap-suds, or ma¬ 
nured water, that is, water in which manure 
has been steeped. Thus treated, the plants 
will grow six or eight feet high, and their 
flowers will not only be produced in great 
abundance, but they will be of enormous 
size, and very brilliant in their colours. The 
best chrysanthemums in London are at 
Chandler’s nursery, Vauxhall. 
Bulbs arid Tubers , —- The most interesting 
bulbs in a flower-garden are the tulip, the 
hvacinth, and the crocus; and the most 
interesting tubers are the ranunculus, the 
anemone, and the dahlia. There are, how¬ 
ever, many other flowers of both kinds 
highly deserving of cultivation. The cul¬ 
ture of all the bulbs is nearly the same; but 
