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HYACINTHUS. 250 HYACINTHUS. 
grown for the purpose of making! with those of the Hyacinths. Re- 
beer, is a very ornamental climber,| move three or four inches of the 
and very suitable for covering bow- ) soil, and then deposit three or four 
ers, &c., from the great rapidity of | bulbs, one in the centre ange 
its growth, and the deep shade af-| others round it, so as to form a 
forded by its large and numerous’ centre not more than six inches in 
leaves. It should be grown in a diameter. Press the roots firmly 
rich and deep loamy soil, and it is | into the soil, and cover them, three 
increased by dividing its roots. or four inches deep, with the soil, if 
Hyacinru.—See Hyaci'nruus. | itis a common garden loam, and 
Hyaci'nruus. — Asphodélee. —| five or six inches if itis a light sand. 
The common garden Hyacinth, Hy-| Plant only roots of one colour to- 
acinthus orientalis, is one of the | gether, and put in a stick to mark 
most beautiful, as well as the most the spot, that they may not be in- 
fragrant of flowers; and to a cer-| terfered with before they come up, 
tain extent is also one of the easiest | 
of culture for the amateur gardener. 
The reason of this is, that the bulbs 
are generally to be purchased at an) 
easy rate in the seed-shops, and the | 
leaves and flowers being prepared | 
in the bulb during the previous year, | 
it is only necessary to place the 
bulbs in scil of any kind, or even on 
the surface of vessels of water, to'| 
produce a very fine flower. But 
this will not ensure a bloom in the 
following year, because that de- | 
pends not only on the plant being | 
placed in circumstances where it. 
will flower freely, but also where it | 
will produce abundance of healthy 
leaves, and bring these to maturity. | 
This is only to be done in beds 
properly prepared for the purpose, 
and under a proper system of man- | 
agement. We shall first speak of | 
the most common mode of growing 
Hyacinths, viz.: in miscellaneous | 
borders ; next, of the most perfect 
mode of growing them—yviz., in! 
beds of properly prepared soil—and, 
lastly, of growing them in glasses | 
of water. 
Growing Hyacinths in miscella- 
neous borders, among other flowers. 
—Fix on the spots where they are’ 
to be planted, and loosen the earth. 
to the depth of a foot with the spade, | 
breaking it fine, and taking care | 
that the roots of the adjoining plants 
are cut off, so as not to interfere 
when the bed is being dug over in 
spring. The season for planting 
Hyacinths is October or November ; 
but even December is not too late 
in mild seasons, and in favourable 
situations. In general, no protec- 
tion from frost is requisite; for the 
Hyacinth is very hardy, and chiefly 
suffers from too much water, from 
snails, or from a disease called the 
canker. In heavy clayey soils, a 
small cone of soil may be raised 
over the roots to throw off the rain ; 
but when this is done, the cone 
ought to be levelled down in Febru- 
ary, before the plants come up; ot 
a small gutter may be formed round 
each circle of bulbs, to drain off t 
wet. Where berders have a slop- 
ing surface, both these precautions 
are unnecessary ; and hence, in the 
garden of the Zoological Society in 
the Regent’s Park, Hyacinths are 
planted in the sloping borders, 
though the seil is a strong clay, in 
autumn, and flower vigorously every 
spring. Hyacinths thus treated will 
produce very fine flowers the first 
spring ; and, even though not taken 
up, if they are not injured by can- 
ker, or slugs, or the roots of adjoin- 
ing plants during summer, they will 
flower tolerably well the second, and 
even sometimes the third year; ai- 
ter which their flowers will become 
every year weaker and weaker, till 
at last the plants are not worth the 
