138 BULBS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLANTS. 
HOLLAND BULBS. 
See Fritillaria, Hyacinth, Narcissus and Tulip. 
HOMERIA. 
This is another of the many genera of Cape bulbs, 
belonging to Iridacee, and formerly included in the 
genus Morea. ‘They are all ornamental, aud remarka- 
ble for the abundance and long continuance of their 
flowers, lasting the entire summer. ‘They require the 
protection of a frame during winter, but no other care 
is necessary to produce their flowers in the greatest 
abundance, or for the increase of their bulbs, which is 
by offsets. 
H. lineata.—The most common of the species; 
flowers coppery red, with a metallic luster, produced in 
abundance from June to September. 
H. elegans (spicata).—A beautiful species with 
orange-yellow flowers. 
The other species do not materially differ from those 
described. They all have scarlet or yellow flowers, and 
are worthy of cultivation. 
HONEY GARLIC. 
See Nectaroscordum. 
HYACINTH. 
Prominent in the list of bulbs is the Hyacinth, and 
the one, moreover, which is most grown for early spring 
flowers in the garden, and for pot culture in the window 
garden. Although it is one of the best known bulbs, 
there are only three or four distinct species in the genus, 
and all our garden varieties have come from Hya- 
cinthus orientalis, a species that contains several varie- 
ties, the seeds from which, by cross-fertilization, which 
is readily affected, have produced varieties almost innu- 
merable. The early history of the garden Hyacinth is 
