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ByacintllTLS — continued. 



more, subulate, weak, glabrouj, 6in. long, contemporary with the 

 flowers. Corsica and Sardinia, 1882. (B. M. 6665.) 



H. lineatus (lined). /.. perianth blue, canipanulate, ^in. to Ain. 

 long, ascending ; raceme Ijn. long, six to twelve-tiowertjU ; scape 

 2in. to ^in. high. Spring. L two, rarelv three, oblonglanceo- 

 late, acute, falcate, line-nerved. 3in. to 4in, lung. Asia Minor, 

 1887. (B. G. 1887. p. 446, f. 114.) 



Vaeietibs. The importation of Hyacinthg from 

 Holland increases year by year, and the large firowers 

 there are alive to the fact that improved varieties, 

 when they can be offered at a reasonable price, are pur- 

 chased, as soon as they become known, in preference to 

 the old ones. It ia thought by some growers in England 

 that the spikes of blossom in the bulb gardens in Holland 

 are not nearly so perfect an tht-y can be produced in 

 England. This is an error: the quality of the best spikes 

 in the leading Dutch bulb gardens is much superior to 

 that of the beat produced in Englifh greonhoiipefl. The 

 growers also complain that customers do not order the 

 new varieties, even when they are proved to be superior 

 to the old sorts. For instance, Bouqttet Tjenurk was 

 the best double red fifty years ago: now it h b(!rn 

 surpassed by Dxsraell iu the Bamo colour ; but the trade 

 order the inferior variety. It is the same all throiip^h. 



The following selection is the result of a careful in- 

 spection of thi; flowers growing in the Dutch KJ^rdons, and 

 includes the best new ones for culture in England. 



Single Black. King of tiik Blicks, rich i\oo]} l.lirli, wel!- 



fonuod compact spike; Masterpilck, rich glosfly-hlack. compart 

 solid spike; Sir Uy. liAiiKLKV, purple-black, tall s|>ike, extm 

 fine ; Uncle Tom, shining black, medium .spike, early. 



Single Blue. Czar Pr.Ti:a, pale lavender-bhip. large bells, 

 massive well-formed spike, extra fine ; Elecira, p;ile blue, long 

 handsome spike of large flowers; KncHANTKESS, jjoicelain-bhie, 

 large truss; GRAND AiAiTRE, medium blue, daiker stripe, very 

 large, immense spike; Lord liVKON, pale blue, deeper blue 

 stripe; PRAALTOMnr, pale bluo, ]f>ng handsome spike; QrT:r\ 

 OF THE liLUES(Kersten), pale hluo. compact spike ; SIR ClrARI.^s 

 Napier, blue-puri>le, lon^ spiku. SuL\hNJR J. H. Vern, dt< p 

 purple-blue, massive spike ; Wi i.i.jaM I., dark purple, long 

 spike, early. 



Single Ulac, Mauve, and Violet. Chatj.f.xjkr. claret- 

 coloured, medium spike, very <listinct ; Ciiaklijs I)itKj:.N.% 

 reddiah-lilac, sport from the hhie varirty of thi^ name; Pis- 

 TiNCTioN, dark mauve-purple, dark stripe, moderate npike; 

 Galatea, rosy-lilac, long spike; Lord Mavo, purpHsh-vioIet, 

 white eye, well-fornicd, small spike ; PRiJiiDKNT Li.ncoln. violet- 

 purple, white eye; Pygmalion, rosy-lilac, distinct; The Siiau, 



bright Hlac-purple, broad spike- 

 Single Bed and Pink. Amelia, large and well form td, splen- 

 ditl long spike; Charles Dickens, a pink form of the blue 

 variety; Duchess of Edinburgh, pale rose, long handHome 

 spike; Etna, rosy-red, broad handsome spike; FABroLA, pale 

 rose, handsome spike; Gertrude, rosy-red, handsome compact 

 spike; Gigantea, pale rose, medium, immense spike; King of 

 THE Reds, deep red, medium spike; Pink Perfection, clear 

 pink, long spike; Solfaterre, oranpre-red, hnndsome spike; 

 VUURBAAK, crimson, handsome long spike. 



Single White, avalanche, pure white, large, long spike; 

 Gloirk de Haart.km, pure white, compact spike; I.ady Derby, 

 a pure white form of the pale blue Lord Derby, very line ; 

 La Franchise, creamy-white, very large; Mrs. Veitch, pale 

 blush, large and well-formed, handsome spike; Pri>cl.-..-> ok 

 Wales, clear white, well-formed, lon^ compa4^ spike; TToyal 

 Bride, pure white, larpe, compact spike; White Perfection, 

 pure white, well-formed, handsome spike. 



Single Yellow. Criterion, clear yellow, well-formed, hand- 

 some spike; KlNO OF THP YELLOWS, pure yellow, of good 

 substance, compact spike; OiiKMS<iUE, clear yellow, compact 

 spike; Orange Above, orange-buff, medium spike; Qoebn of 

 THE Yellows, clear deep yellow, large spike. 



Double Blue. Charles Dickens, the best dark blue, compact 

 liandsome spike ; Crown Prince of Sweden, dark lavender- 

 blue, compact spike ; Magnificent, dark porcelain-blue, large, 

 fine spike; Van Speyk, lilac-blue, the largest belli of all 

 Hyacinthg, good spike. 



Double Red* Annktjb. reddish-pink, semi-double, long hand* 

 some spike, extra fine ; Disraeli, a greatly improved Bouquet 

 Tendre ; Prince of Orange, bn^^ht pink, dark stripe ; 

 Princess Dagmar, deep red, carmine stripe, good spike ; 

 Princess Louise, dark red, very double, massive compact 

 spike; Regina Victoria, rosy-pink, compact spike; Venus db 

 Medicis, roBe, well-formed, long spike. 



Double Iiilae. La Victoirb, lilac-purple, perfectly double, 

 long spike. 



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Hyacintlius — contbiued. 



Double White. Florence Nigiitivgale, pure wliit< mi. 



double, good spike; Lord Dkrbv, pure white, quite double. 

 good :.i-ike. * • 



Double Blush* Blush Perfection, roay-blush, ^rmidouble, 



liuncbume :ipike. 



Double Yellow. CRrrsus, oraace-yellow, Ur^ , IIeboinr, 



i;icar yellow, tip|)ed pn .n. 



HYDRANGrA. To the variotiea of W. horteuMia 

 doricribed on pp. IGJ-iJ, Vol. TL, tlio followiuf ■houhl now 

 be added : 



H. hortonsis roaoa (rMy). /. of a brlHInnt, drop rns.- ptnk, 

 large, in nirdium sizi'd, globular lu-u.U. 1884. A llm d.i . rative 

 plant. 



ETDROGLOSST7U SCANDENS TULCHERI. 



A synonyui ol Iiygodlum acandens rulcherl (which 



HYDROSMIS. Tnclndofl ttn*^er Amorphophallui 



(whioh fiefi), 



HYM£NOCALI.IS. To iLo hp.mm'oh doHorilxd oa 



pp. 1C4-5, Vol. II., thi» fiillowing MionM now be nddrd : 



H. ouoharidifolia (Kurhais tik<0. JL, jf liantti uitb a grmu, 



HlendiTtubcHn. I.mir ; ••Rmeiit^ hm ;u .|r. nlj ilmnnclkMl down 



8U 



ihrt fiu^e, 3in. iu 5^ln. bmp ; corona wldte^ fnniirl ' ippd, \]\u 



lunjj ; unib*d four or live flowered : MCfip* anclpitoii'^. 1ft. Iohr. 



Summer. L f'nir, ihin. bri«ht gn»««n, obl«»nK, 1ft. lon^t, in itU 



■eHsfla, Troptr:il Anu Mr:i, 1884. 



HYMENOSPORUM (from hyni' , i uifnibmn... uud 



1; the aoeda are girded by mi'mliranciuH wingn). 



Oiti). Ptttosporsm. A monotjpio gonnw. Th** f«porip« it^ i 

 groonhonfto, CTorgroen free, with the habit <if Fittoaponim 

 (which K(»«. on p. 153, Vol. III., for culture). 



flavum (vf^ltow). Jl, yollow. mark»Ml orangend at flu* inoiilh 

 o( the tube, Hhi>wy, In a !*»..:>.', terminjil panlcb^; »• |':iU distinct; 

 petals connivcnt in a tidie above the uiiddlc or subcobiitrit. nn<l. 



well as the numerous stamcjis and the ovary, »ilk> tonu-nu..**. 

 April. /. entire, glabrons, broadly obf>vate.Iari(i'nlate, the ujfp<»r. 

 Hiodt onci oft<>n si.iiH-wiiat wJiorleil. KaHcrn Australia, bvn, 

 J'Uto»porftinJlatum{li. M 4799). 



HYPERICUM. To the npecieii desoribed on pp. 

 10S-1», Vol. II., the following flhoiiM now ]>(* addf»d : 



H. aureum (golden). /, larfv. aearif solitary and sMsfle ; p« 



oraiigu-yelltjw, coriarcoUM, r* . T, Iuji;:*r iJiau the ovate, iin- 

 ©qnnT "-pain and tli* ^xoMsivaly nnmerouii siamt^ns. fiumnu-r. 

 I, oblong:, obtuse, attenuate, alaur^»UK b<*noflth, mlmitAly undu- 

 Irite-crjsped on trie UKtrftin. Homewliat coriactiuUii, A. 2fl. Ut 4it. 

 Honthern IJnitol States. Habit den ^f and compact. 



HYP0LEPI8 SPECTABZLIS. A Bynonym of 

 Clieilanthes cMoropKylla (which see). 



Of thiH genuH fiftj-one .^ccieu Lave been 

 ennmerated; thoy are fonnd in tropical Asia, Anntralia, tha 

 Mascarone iHlandu, tropical and Sonth Africa, and tropical 

 and North America. Perianth tube none, the tegmenta 

 six, Bub-oqual, spreading; Btamensaix; ovary three-celled. 

 To the Bpeciea deBcribod on p. 171, Vol. II., the following 

 flbould now be added; 



H. COloblClfoUa (Colrhicumleaved) <., perUnth IJin. in 

 iliamPter, the sepments bright yellow InRide, kp t-ni^li-yellow 

 and Hlightly hairy on the back, oblonfr-tancf^olate; peduncla 

 «b-n'bT, three or four-liiiuured. Autumn I. in a tuft about 1ft. 

 hiph; produced ones kix to eight, obldnK or obbtng-!;int:t-o; .. ', 

 the largeiit 6ln. to Sin. long. l^in. to 2iii. broad. gUbrotti. Cora 

 globose, 2iD. in dlamet«r. rnp« of Good Uoj.. , 1884. 



IIiLICIUM. To the , iei deprribod on p. 177, 



Vol. II., tho following should now be added ; 



Lverum (true). /. rod, axillary, nhortly p*'dtinfTdaU,i!ofcai»; 



rrianth u-a^ftH about ten. orbiculai-, ouncav*. Novefflber. 

 elliptic-lflnceolata or oblanceo!at«« obtii««9 or obtuMly acu- 

 minate, shortly narrowed Into the petiole*. A 9ft. South 

 China, 1885. (li. M. 7006.) 



IMANTOPJZYLLITM. To the Bprcies daMiihed on 

 p. 178, Vol. If., the following varletlea should now b« 

 added ; 

 1. mlnlatum fturantiacum (orange). M. bright rdOowUh- 



■almon, 5in. in diameter ; umbels large. 18d6. Uardcn seedling. 

 I. jn. crucntum (bh>ody). /. bright orang^-scariet, of fine form 

 aad subiitance. Hpring. 



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