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TULIPS. 
phials, filled with water, and funk into the 
bed, fo as not to appear above ground ; 
thefe will continue in bloom feveral days, 
without requiring to be changed, and 
will make a tolerable appearance. 
About a week or ten days after full 
bloom, when the petals of many begin 
to drop off, the awning fhould be taken 
down, together with the frame, boards, 
&c. that furround the bed; and the mats 
and hoops may be replaced as before, to 
throw off excefs of rain, as the cafe may 
require: and as the leaves or petals of 
any fall, the feed veffel of fuch fhould 
be immediately broken off, clofe to the 
Item; for if fuffered to remain on the 
plant, it will procraftinate the period 
of its maturity, and weaken the root 
The bed may remain in this ftate • 
about a fortnight longer, by which time 
the 
