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roots will soon fill the dish, running over and through the gravel, forming a 

 solid mass. 



Selection of Varieties. 

 As a rule, we prefer the single varieties for forcing. But few of the double 

 ones produce a fine truss, the bells being uneavenly and thinly scattered along 

 the stem. For glasses, moss, or saucers, the single ones must be selected. With 

 the following sorts we have generally been successful : 



Double Red. — Bouquet Royal, large, rosy bells; a good bloomer. 



Bouquet Tender, fine, deep red ; one of the best reds 

 Comptesse de La Costa, very fine dark rose, with good spike. 



Fig. 28.— Ornamental Hyacinth Glaasfs. Fig. 29.— Tye's Triple Hyacinth fllass. 



Duke of Wellington, very fine pale rose ; the bells large and 



beautifully arranged, often giving two spikes. 

 Grootforst, pale rose ; good spike, with nicely shaped bells. 

 jRegina Victoria, bright pink ; large bells, and fine spike. 

 Double White — Anna Maria, fine, waxy white, with pink eye ; good formed 

 bells and spike. 

 Jenny Lind, blush white, with purple eye ; good bells ; com- 

 pact truss. 



