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54 TULIPS. 
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By the end of April, fome of the 
plants will probably be grown fo tall as 
to require the hoops to be raifed a little, 
to fecure the blolfom from injury : atten¬ 
tion to this part mull not be omitted, 
for the blolfom is very tender and fuf- 
ceptible of being bruifed and disfigured, 
by a very flight blow, or rub again!! the 
hoops. As foon as any of the earlier 
forts begin to Ihew colour, they fhould 
be {haded from the fun, for, when its heat 
is confiderable, it will caufe the colours 
to run, and intermix, in fuch a manner 
as to deflroy the elegance and beauty of 
the flower ; fome forts are more particu¬ 
larly liable to this effefl than others, and 
will be fpoiled in five minutes. 
When the greater part of the bloffoms 
have begun to open, a frame, or awning, 
fhould be erefled over the bed and paths, 
nearly fimilar to that for Hyacinths: that 
is 
