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road sand— in fact, anything to keep 

 the soil porous. Avoid all soils that 

 run together hard. 



Any sized pot will do : we use for 

 general purposes 6-inch or 32's. In 

 potting, place a large crock or pot- 

 sherd at the bottom for drainage, 

 filling up the pot with the compost. 

 Clear the bulb from all offsets and 

 loose parts, and press it into the soil, 

 leaving the apex of the bulb above 

 the surface. Have previously pre- 

 pared a level plot of ground, having a 

 hard bottom of coal ashes, to prevent 

 worms getting into the pots ; stand 

 them on this, and give a good water- 

 ing, to settle the soil. After the sur- 

 face has become moderately dry, 

 place a small pot over the crown of 

 the bulb, to prevent the plunging 

 material coming in contact with the 

 bulb ; then cover the whole with fine 

 coal ashes, old tan, sand, or any other 

 like material, to the depth of six 

 inches. Let them remain four or six 

 weeks, so as to get the pots well 

 filled with roots before the foliage 

 starts into growth, as this is one of 

 the most essential points. 



The time for potting should be 

 regulated according to the use re- 

 quired, but a succession of bloom 

 may be had from Christmas to the 

 end of April, by commencing the 

 second week in September, and con- 

 tinuing every fortnight to the end of 

 December. 



After the pots are removed from 

 the bed of ashes they should be 

 cleaned from all impurities, and gra- 

 dually inured to light, and introduced 

 into the forcing pit. Give them an 

 abundance of water, and keep as near 

 the glass as possible. If not required 

 for early purposes, they may be 

 placed on shelves in a cool green- 

 house, frame, or window-sill, but pro- 

 tected from frost. 



When grown in water, use Tye's 

 registered hyacinth bottles. Fill the 

 glasses with water (not from a spring, 

 unless exposed to the air some hours 

 previously), and place the bulb so 

 that the base just touches the water. 

 Then put them in a dark closet for 

 three or four weeks, until the roots 

 have grown some three or four inches ; 



after which gradually inure to light, 

 and fill up the glasses with water. 

 A few pieces of charcoal will help to 

 keep the water pure, which it is not 

 necessary to change, unless it becomes 

 offensive. Keep the leaves clean. 

 The best position is in a cool room, as 

 near the window as possible. October 

 is the best month for placing hya- 

 cinths in water. — TV. Cuibusk and 

 Soti's Bulb Catalogue for 1864. 



A SELECTION OF HYACINTHS. 



Twenty-four very choice for pot 

 culture. — White : La Candeur, Bridal 

 Bouquet, Madame Van der Hoop, 

 Mont Blanc, Orondates. Blue : 

 Argus, Baron Von Tuyll, Grand Lilas, 

 Couronne de Celle, Charles Dickens, 

 Mimosa. Blush and Lilac : Pasquin, 

 Elfrida, Tubiflora, Grandeur a Mer- 

 veille, L' Unique, Keizer Ferdinand. 

 Red : L'Etincellante, Cosmos, Lord 

 Wellington, Lady Sale, Norma, Von 

 Schiller. Yellow: Anna Carolina. 

 Black : Prince Albert. 



Twelve very choice for pots and 

 glasses. — White : Grand Vainquer, 

 Grand Blanche. Blush : Seraphine. 

 Lilac: Grand Lilas, L'Unique. Blue: 

 Charles Dickens, Grand Vedette, 

 Porcelain Sceptre, Prins Van Saxe 

 Weimar. Bed : Duchess of Rich- 

 mond, Robert Steiger, Princess Royal. 



Twelve superb new varieties. — 

 Reine des Jacinthes, rosy-carmine. 

 Pellissier, lively crimson. Due de 

 Malakoff, flesh, with rose stripe. 

 Paix de l'Europe, pure white. Sir 

 BulwerLytton, superb double creamy- 

 white. Koh-i-noor, reddish-pink, 

 magnificent when well done. Snow- 

 ball, pure white, the finest-formed of 

 all hyacinths. Miss Burdett Coutts, 

 creamy-blush. Florence Nightingale, 

 pale pink-carmine stripes. Milton, 

 crimson. Ida, the best of all the 

 yellows, Blackbird, the best black. 



Twelve best cheap varieties, for 

 pots, glasses, or beds. — White : La 

 Tour d'Auvergne, Victoria Regina. 

 Red : Bouquet Tendre, Waterloo, 

 Amy, Mons. Feasch. Blue : Blocks- 

 berg, Prins Van Saxe Weimar, Bleu 

 Mourant, Nimrod. Black : Prince 

 Albert. Yellow : Koning van Hol- 

 land. 



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