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unavoidably delayed, the bed must then he covered with fern or 
straw. Choose a time when the soil is moderately dry, and the 
day fine. Draw drills across the bed 2 inches deep and 5 or 
placed the right side up, by observing the side that has the old small 
fibres on it. That side place next to the bottom of the drill. AVhen all 
are planted and covered the right depth (2 inches), then level the 
Fig. 59.—SIN3LE ANEMONES. 
6 inches apart, and plant the tubers 4 inches apart in the surface with a garden rake. If the plants have any kind of covering 
rows. A thin layer of sand scattered under and around each tuber will and the weather prove mild, the covering should be removed, and re 
be useful. As soon as the bed is planted, cover the tubers with sandy placed on the likelihood of a return of frost, and when the spring sets 
loam from a basket or wheelbarrow. Take care tLat the tubers are ; in remove the shelter entirely. 
