HYACINTHS. 
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if it contains any, to pick them out and 
deftroy them. Some make ufe of rot¬ 
ten tan as an ingredient in the comport, 
but it generally retains fome degree of 
aftringency, which is pernicious to de¬ 
licate flowers. 
The ingredients before mentioned are 
to be well mixed and incorporated, and 
about a fortnight previous to planting, 
the bed fliould be filled up with the 
comport to about four inches above the 
level of the path on the fouth or front 
fide, and ten inches on the north fide, 
fo as to form a regular flope, or incli¬ 
nation towards the fun. 
On planting the roots, the furface of 
the bed fliould be covered with a little 
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frefh fandy earth about one inch thick, 
raked perfeftly fmooth and even, and 
have the exaCt flotation for every bulb 
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marked upon it, as on Plate 5. Fig. 1. 
The 
