5 6 TULIP S. 
mats fewed together, and their upper 
edge nailed to the frame on that fide, 
may anfwer the purpofe, if the cloth is 
not of fufficient length. 
Tulips never require to be artificially 
watered, in the hotteft and dried feafons, 
at any period from planting to taking up 
the roots; neverthelefs, moderate rains 
may always be admitted before, and in 
very fmall quantity after the bloom is 
over; but early in the fpring, they are 
abfolutely neceflary, in order to procure 
a ftrong bloom. 
When the awning is erefled, the hoops 
fhould be carefully taken away, the 
fides and ends of the bed fhould be 
neatly boarded up, and the paths lowered 
two or three inches, to bring the flowers 
nearer to the eye : a flight frame, about 
two foot high, fhould furround the bed, 
to prevent the garments of fpefiators 
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