THE 
HORTICULTURAL REGISTER, 
December 1st, 1834. 
ARTICLE I. 
COLLECTIONS AND RECOLLECTIONS. 
Propagation of Double Stocks. —Slip off the side shoots in 
the early part of the summer; and having pared the lower part quite 
smooth with a sharp penknife, plant them in a mixture of light 
earth and sand, under a hand glass, and scarcely one will fail to 
grow .—Irish Farmers' and Gardeners Magazine. 
Culture of the Tulip.— Dig over the ground intended for the 
Tulip-bed about the end of July, or early in August, to the depth of 
two and a half or three feet. The ground best adapted is a fine rich 
loam, with a south exposure; and if the subsoil be clay, mix well 
with sea sand when digging, taking care to keep the upper stratum 
of the bed uppermost. If it be a light or gravelly subsoil, add some 
well mixed cow-dung and turf-mould in the bottom of the bed, until 
within about a foot of the surface. Dig over the bed again to the 
depth of eighteen inches, immediately before setting the bulbs, 
making the mould as fine as possible, and add some sand and decayed 
leaves, which have been previously well mixed in the proportion of 
three parts of sand to one of leaf-mould. The best time for planting 
is from the middle to the end of September, if the weather be drv ; 
or any time from that until the middle of October, will produce a 
beautiful blow early in the spring .—Irish Farmers and Gardeners 
Magazine. 
Planting Tulips in Pots. —Choose pots about eight inches in 
diameter, put a layer of two inches of common earth at the bottom, and 
another layer of 2 inches well mixed garden-earth, turf-mould, and cow- 
dung, in equal quantities, filling the pot with a compost ol two parts 
of fine rich earth, and one part each of leaf-mould and sand, which has 
been previously well-mixed, and cover the bulbs to the depth of two 
and a half or three inches. The convenience and beauty of this 
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