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and the rows about six inches apart. The beds for Hyacinths should be 
about four feet wide, and divided by alleys twenty inches wide. The 
bulbs should be planted four inches deep, and about eight inches apart. 
The beds should be raised in the centre, to let the rain run off. 
The beds should be dug out about two feet deep, and filled with a com¬ 
post of vegetable mould, sand, loam, and old cow-dung, and a coating of 
the latter should be laid over the bed. Tulips should be treated in the 
same manner, except that the beds should be formed of loam, and rotten 
horse-dung, about two years old, and that the bulbs should be only six 
inches apart. Most florists place a layer of sand over the beds, both for 
tulips and hyacinths, to plant the bulbs in; and this is a good plan, as 
the bulbs when buried in the soil sometimes become rotten. 
All the tree-pasonies may be planted in this month. They should be 
grown in rich loamy soil, which should be at least fifteen inches deep ; 
and they flower much better when slightly protected in spring. 
Primroses of all the different kinds, and all the kinds of Polyanthus, 
may be planted this month; also many kinds of flowering shrubs, and 
all the evergreens. If a frost should come on towards the end of the 
month, sufficiently severe to kill the dahlias, the stems and leaves should 
be cut down, though the tubers may be safely left in the ground a month 
longer. Decayed flowers should be cut down, dead leaves swept away, 
gravel-walks rolled, and, in short, the whole garden prepared for winter. 
The Californian annuals, the Pocket Larkspur, and Coreopsis, and Cen- 
taurea should all be sown in this month ; and some of them, particularly 
the Larkspur, never flower well if sown later. 
September is also the month for propagating pansies, either by layers 
or cuttings, or division of the roots. The cuttings should be chosen from 
young succulent shoots, as those that are either hollow or woody will 
rarely strike, and if they do, they will not produce good plants. Or 
plants may be purchased. Those who desire a variety of kinds may pro¬ 
bably not be aware that there is a nursery at Edmonton, kept by Mr. 
May, called the Pansy Nursery, in which there is of course a great 
variety of fine kinds. Pansies have a beautiful effect in small town- 
gardens ; and they look particularly well in boxes, under a veranda. 
