SUPPLEMENT. 5538 
Hyacinthus—continued. 
more, subulate, weak, glabrous, 6in. long, contemporary with the 
flowers. Corsica and Sardinia, 1882. (B. M. 6663.) 
H. lineatus (lined). /., perianth blue, campanulate, jin. to din. 
long, ascending; raceme lin. long, six to twelve-flowered ; scape 
2in. to 4in. high. Spring. J. two, rarely three, oblong-lanceo- 
late, acute, falcate, line-nerved, 3in. to 4in. long. Asia Minor, 
1887. (R. G. 1887, p. 446, f. 114.) 
Varieties. The importation of Hyacinths from 
Holland increases year by year, and the large growers 
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 is thought by some growers in England 
that the spikes of blossom in the bulb gardens in Holland 
are not nearly so perfect as they 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 best produced in English greenhouses. 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, Bouquet TENDRE was 
the best double red fifty years ago: now it has been 
surpassed by DisRAELI in the same colour; but the trade 
order the inferior variety. It is the same all through. 
The following selection is the result of a careful in- 
spection of the flowers growing in the Dutch gardens, and 
includes the best new ones for culture in England. 
Single Black. KING oF THE BLACKS, rich deep black, well- 
formed compact spike ; MASTERPIECE, rich glossy-black, compact 
solid spike; SiR Hy. BARKLEY, purple-black, tall spike, extra 
fine ; UNCLE TOM, shining black, medium spike, early. 
Single Blue. Czar PETER, pale lavender-blue, large bells, 
massive well-formed spike, extra fine; ELECTRA, pale blue, long 
handsome spike of large flowers; ENCHANTRESS, porcelain-blue, 
large truss; GRAND MAITRE, medium blue, darker stripe, very 
large, immense spike; Lorp ByRON, pale blue, deeper blue 
stripe; PRAALTOMBE, pale blue, long handsome spike; QUEEN 
OF THE BLUES (Kersten), pale blue, compact spike ; SIR CHARLES 
NAPIER, blue-purple, long spike; SOUVENIR J. H. VEEN, deep 
purple-blue, massive spike ; WILLIAM I., dark purple, long 
spike, early. 
Single Lilac, Mauve, and Violet. CHALLENGER, claret- 
coloured, medium spike, very distinct; CHARLES DICKENS, 
reddish-lilac, sport from the blue variety of this name; D1s- 
TINCTION, dark mauve-purple, dark stripe, moderate spike ; 
GALATEA, rosy-lilac, long spike; Lorp Mayo, purplish-violet, 
white eye, well-formed, small spike ; PRESIDENT LINCOLN, violet- 
purple, white eye; PYGMALION, rosy-lilac, distinct; THE SHAH, 
bright lilac-purple, broad spike. 
Single Red and Pink. AMELIA, large and well-formed, splen- 
did long spike; CHARLES DICKENS, a pink form of the blue 
variety; DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH, pale rose, long handsome 
spike; Erna, rosy-red, broad handsome spike; FABIOLA, pale 
rose, handsome spike; GERTRUDE, rosy-red, handsome compact 
spike; GIGANTEA, pale rose, medium, immense spike; KING OF 
THE REpDs, deep red, medium spike; PINK PERFECTION, clear 
pink, long spike; SOLFATERRE, orange-red, handsome spike ; 
VUURBAAK, crimson, handsome long spike. 
Single White. AVALANCHE, pure white, large, long spike; 
GLOIRE DE HAARLEM, pure white, compact spike; LADY DERBY, 
a pure white form of the pale blue LORD DERBY, very fine; 
LA FRANCHISE, creamy-white, very large; Mks. VEITCH, pale 
blush, large and well-formed, handsome spike; PRINCESS OF 
WaLes, clear white, well-formed, long compact spike; Royau 
BRIDE, pure white, large, compact spike; WHITE PERFECTION, 
pure white, well-formed, handsome spike. 
Single Yellow. CrireRion, clear yellow, well-formed, hand- 
some spike; KING OF THE YELLOWS, pure yellow, of good 
substance, compact spike; OBELISQUE, clear yellow, compact 
spike; ORANGE ABOVE, orange-buff, medium spike; QUEEN OF 
THE YELLOWS, clear deep yellow, large spike. 
Double Blue. CHARLES DICKENS, the best dark blue, compact 
handsome spike; CROWN PRINCE OF SWEDEN, dark lavender- 
blue, compact spike; MAGNIFICENT, dark porcelain-blue, large, 
fine spike; VAN SpeEyk, lilac-blue, the largest bells of all 
Hyacinths, good spike. 
Double Red. ANNETJE, reddish-pink, semi-double, long hand- 
some spike, extra fine ; DISRAELI, a greatly improved BOUQUET 
TENDRE; PRINCE OF ORANGE, bright pink, dark stripe; 
PRINCESS DiGMaR, deep red, carmine stripe, good spike ; 
Princess Louise, dark red, very double, massive compact 
spike ; REGINA VICTORIA, rosy-pink, compact spike; VENUS DE 
MEDICIS, rose, well-formed, long spike. 
Double Lilac. La Victoire, lilac-purple, perfectly double, 
long spike. 
Vol. IV. 
Hyacinthus—continued. 
Double White. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, pure white, semi- 
double, good spike; LoRpD DERBy, pure white, quite double, 
good spike. 
Double Blush. 
BLUSH PERFECTION, rosy-blush, semi-double, 
handsome spike. 
Double Yellow. Crusus, orange-yellow, large; HEROINE, 
clear yellow, tipped green. 
HYDRANGEA. To the varieties of H. hortensis 
described on pp. 162-3, Vol. II., the following should now 
be added : 
H. hortensis rosea (rosy). jl. of a brilliant, deep rose-pink, 
large, in medium-sized, globular heads. 1883. A fine decorative 
plant. 
HYDROGLOSSUM SCANDENS FULCHERI. 
A synonym of Lygodium scandens Fulcheri (which 
see). 
HYDROSME. Included under Amorphophallus 
(which see). 
HYMENOCALLIS. To the species described on 
pp. 164-5, Vol. II., the following should now be added: 
H. eucharidifolia (Eucharis-like). /l., perianth with a green, 
slender tube 4in. long ; segments linear, deeply channelled down 
the face, 3in. to 34in. long; corona white, funnel-shaped, 1}in. 
long; umbel four or five-flowered ; scape ancipitous, lft. long. 
Summer. J. four, thin, bright green, oblong, lft. long, nearly 
sessile. Tropical America, 1884. 
HYMENOSPORUM (from hymen, a membrane, and 
sporos, seed; the seeds are girded by membranous wings). 
Orv. Pittosporee. A monotypic genus. The species is a 
greenhouse, evergreen tree, with the habit of Pittosporum 
(which see, on p. 1538, Vol. III., for culture). 
H. flavum (yellow). jl. yellow, marked orange-red at the mouth 
of the tube, showy, in a loose, terminal panicle; sepals distinct ; 
petals connivent in a tube above the middle or sub-coherent, and, 
as well as the numerous stamens and the ovary, silky-tomentose. 
April. /. entire, glabrous, broadly obovate-lanceolate, the upper- 
most ones often somewhat whorled. Eastern Australia. SYN. 
Pittosporwmn flavum (B. M. 4799). 
HYPERICUM. To the species described on pp. 
168-9, Vol. II.,'the following should now be added: 
H. aureum (golden). /l. large, nearly solitary and sessile ; petals 
orange-yellow, coriaceous, reflexed, longer than the ovate, un- 
equal sepals and the excessively numerous stamens. Summer. 
l. oblong, obtuse, attenuate, glaucous beneath, minutely undu- 
late-crisped on the margin, somewhat coriaceous. h, 2ft. to 4ft. 
Southern United States. Habit dense and compact. 
HYPOLEPIS SPECTABILIS. A synonym of 
Cheilanthes chlorophylla (which see). 
HYPOXIS. Of this genus fifty-one species have been 
enumerated ; they are found in tropical Asia, Australia, the 
Mascarene Islands, tropical and South Africa, and tropical 
and North America. Perianth tube none, the segments 
six, sub-equal, spreading; stamens six; ovary three-celled. 
To the species described on p. 171, Vol. I1., the following 
should now be added: 
H. colchicifolia (Colchicum-leaved) ., perianth ljin. in 
diameter, the segments bright yellow inside, greenish-yellow 
and slightly hairy on the back, oblong-lanceolate; peduncle 
slender, three or four-flowered. Autumn. J. in a tuft about lft. 
high; produced ones six to eight, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 
the largest 6in. to 8in. long, 14in. to 2in. broad, glabrous, Corm 
globose, 2in. in diameter. Cape of Good Hope, 1884. 
ILLICIUM. To the species described on p. 177, 
Vol. II., the following should now be added: 
I. verum (true). #. red, axillary, shortly pedunculate, globose ; 
perianth leaflets about ten, orbicular, concave. November. 
l. elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate, obtuse or obtusely acu- 
minate, shortly narrowed into the petioles. h. 9ft. South 
China, 1883. (B. M. 7005.) 
IMANTOPHYLLUM. To the species described on 
p. 178, Vol. IL., the following varieties should now be 
added : 
I. miniatum aurantiacum (orange), /l. bright yellowish- 
salmon, 3in. in diameter ; umbels large. 1886. Garden seedling. 
I. m. cruentum (bloody). jl. bright orange scarlet, of fine form 
and substance, Spring. 
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