THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. hyacinthus. 



leafless below, and the nakedness of 

 stem detracts from their beauty. To 

 prevent this, they should be well fed 

 during winter with weak liquid manure, 

 and be shifted into larger pots early in 

 spring. Rich soil should be used, as 

 they can only be kept healthy by good 

 feeding. When planting them out in 

 beds, which may be done by the first 

 week in June, put under each a spadeful 

 of rotten manure and mi.K it up with the 

 soil. As the plants, when large, hold a 

 good deal of wind, they must be securely 

 staked to prevent their being damaged. 

 Coinposita. Australia. 



HUMULUS {Common Hop). — H. 

 liipulus, a well-known \i-orous twining 



HUTCHINSIA.— A neat little alpine 

 plant, H. alpina having shining leaves and 

 white flowers, in clusters about i in. high, 

 quite free in sandy soil, and easily 

 increased by division or seeds. In an 

 open spot, either in the rock-garden or in 

 good free border soil, it becomes a mass 

 of white flowers. Its proper home is the 

 rock-garden, though in borders of dwarf 

 and choice hardy plants it may be grown 

 with success. Central and S. Europe. 

 Crucifera. 



HYACINTHUS {Hyacinth). — The 

 familiar garden Hyacinth is not generally 

 included among hardy plants, though it 

 is perfectly hardy, and^ when treated as 

 it should be, is most important. The 



Hy.-icinths. 



perennial, is admirable for bowers, especi- 

 ally when vegetation that disappears in 

 winter is desired ; and will soon run wild 

 in almost any soil, among shrubs or hedge- 

 rows. A slender plant climbing up an 

 Apple or other fruit tree, near the mixed 

 border, looks well. Division. H. japoni- 

 ciis., an annual plant of merit, quick 

 growth, and graceful festooning habit. 



HUNNEMANNIA.— ^.>;;/«;7^>/m 

 is an erect perennial, 2 to 3 ft. high, with 

 glaucous foliage, like some of the Fumi- 

 tories. Its flowers are large and showy, of 

 a rich orange, and in form are like Esch- 

 sclioltzia californica. They continue long 

 in perfection. Being a native of Mexico, 

 it is rather tender, and not satisfactory for 

 open-air culture. Poppy family. 



parent of all the varieties is H. orient- 

 alts ; this is as hardy as a Daffodil, 

 and its varieties are scarcely less hardy. 

 Hyacinths in the open air are gene- 

 rally the refuse, as it were, of the forced 

 bulbs of preceding years, but even these 

 create a good display in suitable posi- 

 tions. To have a fine bloom of Hya- 

 cinths in the open air, however, it is 

 essential that the bulbs should be good 

 and sound, and due regard paid to assort- 

 ment of colour, as tints massed by them- 

 selves are far more effective than a con- 

 fusion of various colours. Now that bulbs 

 may be obtained cheap there is no diffi- 

 culty. The hyacinth will grow well in 

 any good garden soil, but a light rich soil 

 suits it best, and the bed should be 

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