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of the pots, not having the necessaiy foiui- 

 dation for maintaining its natural position. 

 The great use of plunging is to keep the 

 root from being forced out of the soil by 

 the action of the downward progress of the 

 root, but we avoid this by potting firmly 

 round the crown of the root, and we seldom 

 have a root springing out of the soil ; if one 

 doss, it is easily rephice^l. As soon as the 

 crowns have pushed about an inch in length 

 ■we remove the plants to a frame or green- 

 house and place them close under the glass, 

 keeping them moderately watered and eu- 

 couraging them in making roots iu prefer- 

 ence to foliage. We avoid placing tliem in 

 -warmth until tlie buds are developed, and 

 then only when early flowers are wanted ; 

 but the liyacinth really does not like heat, 

 and it is better to be satisfied with a late 

 bloom and get it fine. Whilst the plants 

 are growing keep them near the glass 

 where there is ventilation, and when the 

 buds are fully developed, apply ■weak 

 manure water freely. 



Really good kinds, such as the follow- 

 ing, can be procured at from six to eight 

 shillings per dozen, for sound well ripened 

 roots, 



CARMINE, PINK, ROSS, AND BLVSn. 



Dnihle Varieties. — •Grootvorst, beautiful 

 blush, fine ; Perruquc Royale, a very fine 

 rose coloured variety ; Waterloo, deep car- 

 mine, a very fine variety. 



Single Varieties. — Bille Quirine, pale 

 flesh, beautifully striped with carmine, very 

 large bells, very fine ; Lord Wellington, 

 deep blush striijed with pink, fine ; Madame 

 Hodson, light pink striped with deep pink, 

 a briglit and good variety, with finely 

 formed spike ; Madame Maintenon, light 

 carmine, very fine. 



BLUE AND PURPLE. 



Double Varieties. — General Antick, pale 

 lilac striped with deep lilac and suffused 

 with blue, a beautiful and very fine variety; 

 Grand Vedette, light porcelain blue, a hand- 

 some and fine variety ; Mii^nonue de Dryf- 

 liout, lighter than Emicus, large spike, a 

 fine variety ; Prince Frederick, striped 

 bluish lilac, a beautifully coloured tine 

 variety; Prince of Saxe Weimar, dark 

 purple, large close spike, fine. 



Single Varieties. — Baron Von Tliuyll, 

 dark porcelain blue, large bells, very fine 

 spike, extra fine ; Cliarles Dickens, dark 

 porcelain blue, large bells, very fine spike ; 

 Emicus, dark blue, with light centre, large 

 close spike ; Prince Albert, rich glossy 

 blackish purple, lai-gc bells and large and 

 very close spike, a very fine and most beau- 

 tiful hyacinth ; Prince Oscar, striped deep 



porcelain blue, large hell and spike, very 

 fine ; Prince William I., dark purple, close 

 spike, fine. 



WHITE. 



Double Varieties. — Anna llarla, Frenc h 

 white with purple eye, clo^e spike ; La 

 Deesse, beautiful wasy white, distinct and 

 fine ; La Virginite, delicate blush white 

 slightly tipped with pink, a very pleasing 

 variety ; Ne plus ultra, very fine white with 

 large bells ; Tour d'Auvergne, pure white, 

 moderate size bells, large spike ; Triumph 

 Blandina, blush v/hite, lighter than Groot- 

 vorst, a good variety ; Virgo, beautiful 

 waxy white, very handsome. 



Single Varietiis. — Grande Vainqueur, 

 pure white, a fine and beautiful variety ; 

 Hercules, white shaded with rose, very fine ; 

 Prince de Galitzen, pure white, close spike, 

 a very good variety ; Voltaire, blush white, 

 very hirge bells, fine. 



Bouquet Orange, brownish orange yel- 

 low, one of the best and most useful of the 

 double varieties. Those who grow for ex- 

 hibition, or do not mind paying from 10*. 

 to 12?. psr dozen for the finest hyacinths in 

 cultivation, should select from the follow- 

 inar list : — 



PINK, ROSE, AND BLUSH. 



Douhle Varieties. — Lord AVellington, a 

 beautiful waxy blush-coloured variety, a 

 handsome and very fine variety ; Waterloo, 

 deep carmine, a very fine variety. 



Single Varieties. — Bejle Quirine, pale, 

 flesh, beautifully striped with carmine, 

 very large bells, very fine; L'Etincelante, 

 bright carmine, very fine compact spike, 

 extra fine ; Lord Wellington, deep blush, 

 striped with pink, fine spike ; Madame 

 Hodson, light pink striped with deep pink, 

 a bright and good variety, with finely 

 formed spike ; Madame Maintenon, light 

 carmine, very fine ; Mrs. Beechur Stowe, 

 shaded pink and rose, very close fine spike 

 extra fine ; Norma, waxy pink or flesh 

 colour, very large bells and spike — one of 

 the finest and most beautiful hyacinths in 

 cultivation ; Ornament de la Nature, beau- 

 tiful pale rose, large, and very fine ; Robert 

 Steiger, fine deep crimson, large bells and 

 fine spike ; Saltan's Favourite, delicate 

 blush with pink stripes, large bells, and 

 very fine spike, extra fine. 



BLUE AND PURPLE. 



JDoulle Varieties. — Bloksberg, pale lilac 

 striped with pale blue, large bell and large 

 spike, extra fine ; General Antink, pale 

 lilac striped with deep lilac and suffused 

 with blue, a beautiful and very fine va- 



