5* 
TULIPS. 
rows, and the fmaller and weaker on 
thofe of the outhde. No Tulip root, 
whatever may be its fize or ftrength, 
jfhould be planted more than four inches 
deep from the upper fide of the root; 
nor fliould any blooming root be planted 
lefs than two and a half or three inches 
deep, however final! it may be. The foil 
made ufe of for covering the bulbs, (hould 
be frequently turned over, and thoroughly 
expofed to the fun and air, fome time 
before it is made ufe of, that it may be 
rendered perfeflly fweet, and free from 
the acrid quality that moil foils are fub- 
je6l to, when taken confiderably below 
the furface. 
But if the bed is only to contain 
five rows, with a path in the front, and 
none behind, then it will be proper to 
plant the final left and lowed growing 
roots in the front, next the path, and 
fo 
