TULIPS, 
47 
The firft four have white bottoms or 
grounds, and the Bizards have yellow 
grounds. 
The moll proper time to plant Tulip 
Roots is from the end of October to 
the 10th of November, which is indeed 
pointed out by nature, in the appearance 
t 
of the grafs d at the upper end of the root, 
as is before obferved of Hyacinths, 
The fituation for the bell bed fhould 
be in an open airy part of the garden; 
when that is fixed upon, the ground 
fhould be marked out, agreeable to its 
intended dimenfions, and the foil taken 
out twenty inches deep ; the bottom is 
then to be filled up with found frefli 
earth, ten inches thick, upon which is to 
be placed a ftratum of two year old 
rotten cow-dung, and earth of the above 
defcription, about one half of each, well 
d Or Foliage, 
mixed 
