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tion may, in these day?, be urged against it, 

 that the roof is of too sharp a pitch. I con- 

 fess that this is according to the rules that 

 ■were in vogue when I was a boy, and that at 

 the present day, good forcing is done in very 

 flat-roofed houses. But this has its advan- 

 tages, and they are not trivial ones. It 

 catches the sun's rays more directly than a 

 flat roof, and that is an important point 

 where healthy and quick growth is to be 

 promoted in the dark days of December, 

 January, and February, and, besides this, 

 look at the length of rafter and trellis we 

 get for training. For peaches, figs, grapes, 

 and cucumbers, this sort of roof is preferable 

 to any, but greenhouse plants, even if not 

 too much shaded, are apt to be drawn by it, 



and grow out of shape; this, however, I 

 consider but a small evil, for we only put in 

 plants that are to flower quickly, and which 

 have been got strong and bushy by previous 

 good management, and as they go to the 

 showhouse or elsewhere, as soon as they are 

 in their prime, then- general contour is but 

 little the worse for it. Next month I will 

 describe my method of growing cucumbers in 

 such a house, and I think I shall be able to 

 afford some useful hints to those, who, like 

 myself, regard forcing as one of the choicest 

 occupations in the whole range of horticul- 

 ture, and especially to such as are not yet 

 satisfied with their skill in cucumber 

 culture. 



Ax Old Gardener. 



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SELECTION OF HYACINTHS, FOR CULTURE IN WATER 

 OR MOSS. 



BY MESSRS. CUTBUSH AND SON, OF THE HIGHGATE NURSERIES. 



Double Red. — Bouquet Royal, large 

 rosy bells. Bouquet Tendre, fine deep red, 

 one of the best reds. Comtesse de la Coste, 

 very fine dark rose, with good spike. Duke 

 of Wellington, very fine pale rose, the bells 

 large and beautifully arranged, often produc- 

 ing two spikes. Grootvoorst, pale rose, good 

 spike, with nicely shaped bells, first size. 

 Waterloo, fine pink, changing to deep red, 

 often producing U\ o spikes ; one of the best 

 reds, and generally cultivated; first size. 



Double 'White. — Anna Maiia, fine 

 French white, with pink eye, good formed 

 bells and spike. Francina, very tine blush, 

 good spike, small bells ; early. La Dcese, 

 pure white, finely-shaped bells, but thin 

 spike. La Vestale, lily white, small bells 

 and spike. Prince of Waterloo, very fine 

 pure white, large bells and moderate spike. 



Double Blue. — Belle Mode, fine porce- 

 lain blue, large bells and spike. Bloksberg, 

 fine bright and marbled blue, very large 

 bells and spike. Grande Vedette, fine porce- 

 lain blue, large bells and spike. Keizer 

 Alexander, very fine dark blue, magnificent 

 bells and large spike. King of the Nether- 

 lands, pale blue, good bells, moderate spike. 

 Laurens Koster, beautiful bright indigo, large 

 bells, and first-rate form, with an immense 

 spike. Madame Marmont, fine azure blue, 

 very large bells, and moderate spike ; novel 

 colour. Prince Frederick, fine porcelain blue, 

 large bells and spike. Prins van Saxe 

 Weimar, very fine dark blue, good bells, 

 an extra long spike. 



Double Yellow. — Bouquet d'Orange, 

 fine citron yellow, small bells, moderate 

 spike. 



Single Red. — Circe, carmine, shaded 

 with salmon, beautifully marbled with pink, 



large bells, and immense spike. Diebitz 

 Sabalskansy, bright red, moderate bells, and 

 good spik». Duke of Wellington, fine rose, 

 large bells and spike. La Joyeuse, deep 

 pink, fine large bells, and good spike ; early. 

 L'Amie du Coeur, deep pink, small bells, 

 moderate spike. Madame Hodgson, pale 

 j) ink, good bells, and finely -formed spike. 

 Monsieur Feascb, fine pale pink, striped 

 crimson, changing to almost scarlet, large 

 bells, and fine spike. Mrs. Beecher Stowe, 

 very fine pink-striped red, large bells, and 

 magnificent spike. Norma, a magnificent 

 waxy pink, immense bells and spike. Robert 

 Steiger (Maria Catherina), fine deep crimson, 

 large bells, and immense spike. 



Single White. — Dolly Varden, beauti- 

 ful blush, large waxy bells, and fine spike. 

 Grand Vainquer, pure white, fine bells 

 and spike. Grande Blanche Imperiale, fine 

 blush, moderate bells, and large spike, 

 Grandeur a Merveille, very fine pale blush, 

 good bells, and immense spike. La Balaine, 

 very deep blush, good bells and spike. 

 Mont Blanc, beautiful clear white, large 

 bells, immense spike. Victoria Regina, very 

 fine pure white, large waxy bells, and fine 

 spike. Voltaire, very beautiful blush, large 

 bells, and tine spike. 



Single Blue. — Baron Van Tuyll, fine 

 dark porcelain, large bells, extra fine spike. 

 Charles Dickens, fine pale blue, large bells, 

 very fine spike. Grand Lilas, beautiful deli- 

 cate azure blue, large bells, immense spike. 

 Grande Vedette, fine pale blue, immense 

 bells, and moderate spike. Nimrod, beautiful 

 pale blue, large bells and spike. Orandates, 

 very fine porcelain blue, large bells, and very 

 fine spike. Porcelain Sceptre, very fine pale 

 blue, moderate bells, very fine spike. 



