TULIPS. 
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from rubbing again!!, or breaking off the 
flowers; lines of fmall twine, painted green, 
and correfponding with the rows of flow¬ 
ers, fhould pafs from one end of the bed 
to the other, faftened to the end pieces 
of the frame, and ftretched tight: to thefe 
the ftems of the flowers are to be loofely 
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tied with fliort pieces of green worfted, 
which will preferve a pleafmg regularity 
of appearance, without ftiffnefs and for¬ 
mality. Tulips wdll bear to be covered 
a longer time in bloom than raoft other 
flowers, without fuftaining any confidera- 
ble injury ; it may be continued three 
weeks with great fafety. 
If any roots fliould perifh, or fail to 
produce bloom, the deficiency may be 
made good in the following manner: 
it is neceflary, in the firft place, to be 
provided with two ftrong tin inftruments, 
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or 
