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one, combining beauty, brilliancy, fragance, and a succession from spring 
till fall. All these qualities are combined in such plants as are both easily 
obtained and cultivated. 
Whether the beds of a flower garden are cut in the turf, as before 
mentioned, or set apart in a spot expressly reserved for that purpose, that 
arrangement should be carefully studied which will produce the most 
beautiful effect. Planting each bed with one species is entirely the most 
proper way of doing this; whether the plants are annuals or perennials 
they should be arranged in masses, each bed so placed as to form a beau¬ 
tiful contrast, or an harmonious blending with its neighbor; and thus a 
little care and study will enable one to have something attractive from 
spring till fall. 
Again, much attention should be given to the growth and height of 
different plants, taking care to place the tallest shrubs in the back-ground, 
or in such a position as that they will not over-shadow smaller and lower 
growing plants. 
In selecting shrubbery and climbing plants for a lawn and flower-gar¬ 
den, it is to be hoped that the old fashioned flowering shrubs will not be 
neglected in search of more rare and expensive ornaments. The lilac, 
snow-ball, honeysuckle, &c., should not be forgotten, if but for the sweet 
and pleasant memories connected therewith in the minds of most of us; 
to these, additions can be made as means will allow, and it is no expensive 
matter after all, to furnish many valuable varieties, such as will make a 
home a place of beauty beyond imagination. 
Among bulbs, the tulip, hyacinth, crocus, narcissus, &c,, are all per¬ 
fectly hardy, and require nearly the same treatment. 
All these should be planted out where they are intended to remain, in 
the fall; and as they flower so early, the same bed may be afterwards 
planted with fall blooming flowers. They should be taken up once in a 
year or two, in June or July, removing the off-setts and planting them out 
immediately, while the flowering bulbs should be kept in a dry place un¬ 
til October, when they are again planted out; any good garden soil is 
proper for them. The tulip is a ‘florist’s flower,’ but there is nothing to 
prevent any person of common sense and understanding from enjoying 
their spring beauties—although each bulb may not cost a king’s ransom,, 
as once it might have done. 
