314 



m prnwi'S, sseos, etc. 



SELECTION OF BULBS FOR THIS SEASON'S 



PLANTING. 



Ig=^ The following selections are intended to assist 



:-f amateur cultivators who wish for the very best 



^I'S varieties in the several classes without having to 



■3*-^^. pay extravagant prices for them. They are all 



^ selected with a view to distinct and bold effects, 



; _ the purest colours, the best habits, and the most 



|^# perfect forms. (The best for small collections 



marked thus *.) 



ilt Fifty of the Finest Hyacinths for Pot Culture, 



'';^'" (costing 6d. to 2s. Qd. each, the majority averaging Is. s, single ; d, 



doubU " 



White. — Bridal Bouquet, s ; Grand Vainqueur, s* ; La Candeur, s* ; 

 Madame Van der Hoop, s ; Prince of \Vaterloo, d ; Reine Blanche, s. 



Blush and Shaded White. — Bouquet Royal, d ; Elfrida, s ; Grandeur a Mer- 

 veille, s* ; Lord Wellington, d* ; Norma, s ; Tubiflora, s ; Voltaire, &*. 



Dark Bed and Crimson. — Fireball, s; Herstel de Vrede (Paix d' Amiens), s ; 

 L'Ami du Cour, s* ; 5lademoiselle Rachel, s ; Milton, d* ; Mrs. Beecher Stowe, s* ; 

 Robert Steiger, s* ; Sir Joseph Paxton, d ; Von Schiller, s*. 



I>in7<; and Rose. — Alida Catherina, d ; Belle Quirinee, s ; Chapeau de Cardinal, s ; 

 Frederick the Great, d ; II Pastor Fido, d ; La Dame du Lac, s* ; Lord Welling- 

 ton, s* ; Monsieur de Feash, s* ; Queen Victoria, s. 

 Yelloio. — Anna Carolina, s ; Alida Jacobea, s. 



Light jBZife.— Blocksberg, d* ; Couronne de Celle, s* ; Grand Lilas, s* ; Porce- 

 lain Sceptre, s ; Van Speyk, d. 



Blue Shades. — Madame Marmont, d ; Argus, s ; Baron Von Tuyll, s* ; Charles 

 Dickens, s* ; Keizer Ferdinand, s ; Orondates, s*. 



Purple and BlacTc.—^QizQx: Alexander, d^ Mimosa, s* j Othello, s ; Prince 

 Albert, s*. 



Twelve Finest New and Scarce Varieties (costing S^. to J,?. Qd. each). — 

 Florence Nightingale, s, pink and carmine ; Cavaignac, s, salmon and rose ; Howard, 

 s, orange-crimson ; La Prophete, s, pale pink ; Macaulay, s, deep rose j Princess 

 Clothilde, s, pink and carmine ; Paix de I'Europe, s, pure whit^ ; Bleu Aimable, s, 



blue ; Marie, s, purple ; General Havelock, s, purpHsh-black ; Ida, 

 Rembrandt, d, dark blue. 



deep yellow j 



Twelve Best Cheap Varieties eor Pots, Glasses, or Beds (costing Qd. to 



Qd. each). 



White.— La, Tour d'Auvergne, Victoria Regina. 



]^ed. — Waterloo, Amy, Mous. Feash, Robert Stelger. 



Blue.— ^locksberg, Prins Van Saxe Weiaaar, Bleu Mourant, NimroJ. 



Black. — Prince Albert. 



Yelloic. — Koning Van Holland. 



Nine Varieties of Polyanthus Narcissus. 



Apollo, yellow self. 



Newton, fine yellow, first-rate for pots. 

 Soleil d'Or*, yellow with orange cup, fine. 

 Bazelman mrgor, white with yellow cup. , 

 Gloriosa superba*, white with yellow cup. 

 Grand Primo^ white with citron cup. 

 Paper White*, pure white, sviperb. 

 Roman*, double white and yellow. 

 Staten General, white with yellow cup. 



