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hyacinths, tulips, narciss, crocuses, etc., in the same compost, 

 which consists of equal parts of rotten manure and turfy loam 

 that has been laid up some time, with about a fifth part or less 

 of sharp sand. We pot nearly all our bulbs in 48 size, putting 

 one hyacinth, three tulips, and five crocuKses in a pot ; but of 

 course not the same pot, This is the best course, generally speak- 

 ing, for the private garden, the 48 size being so useful. But there 

 are two useful deviations that I will mention. "We send to market 

 Van Thol and other tulips in the most perfect state, three or more 

 roots in a pot. Now it must be understood that these perfect 

 samples are not grown in the pots, but in shallow boxes. From the 

 boxes they are taken when the flowers are just open and carefully 

 potted. This plan insures uniformity, for when several bulbs are in 

 one pot they may not all open their flowers at the same time, but 

 when flowered in boxes, we can select them so as to have in every 

 pot plants of the same height and all in the same state as to the 

 bloom. The other method is Mr. Hibberd's. He flowers hyacinths 

 and tulips superbly by potting one hyacinth in a large GO size, and 

 one tulip in a large thumb or small 60 size. There is only one small 

 crock put in, and the compost consists of at least two parts fat 

 manure to one of loam. The great advantage of this system is that 

 ■when the bulbs are in flower a number can be packed close together 

 in a vase or basket, and the most sumptuous of spring decorations 

 can thus be most easily provided. It may be well to add, that in 

 potting bulbs, one small crock to cover the hole in the pot will be 

 drainage enough, and that all the bulbs should be quite covered with 

 soil. In the trade catalogues it is advised to leave hyacinths half 

 out, but experience has taught me that they do much better when 

 quite covered. After potting keep them dark and cool, and give no 

 water until they begin to grow ; then bring them into the light, in a 

 pit or greenhouse, and keep fairly supplied with water until they 

 flower, and if you wish to keep them, take equal care of them after 

 they have flowered, until the leaves die down. 



24 Cheap Fiest-class Hyacinths. — Amy, Waterloo, A-la- 

 mode, Blocksberg, Grande Vedette, Amphion, Diebitz Sabalskanki, 

 L'Ami du Occur, Madame Hodgson, Lord Wellington, Norma, 

 Robert Steiger, Alba Superbissima, Grandeur h Merveille, Grand 

 Vainqueur, La Candeur, Queen Victoria, Baron Von Tuyll, Charles 

 Dickens, Grand Lilas, Couronne de Celle, Mimosa, Orondates, 

 Heroine. 



30 ExTEA FINE Hyacinths, for Specimens and Exhibi- 

 tions. — Albion, Van Speyk, Argus, King of the Blues, General 

 Havelock, Laurens Koster, Alba Maxima, La Grandesse, Madame 

 Van der Hoop, Mont Blanc, Snowball, Queen of the Netherlands, 

 Bouquet Royale, Eabiola, Tubiflora, Lord Macaulay, Mrs. Beecher 

 Stowe, Solfaterre, Von Schiller, Cavaignac, Prima Donna, Princess 

 Boyal, Ornement de la Nature, Haydn, L' Unique, Due deMalakofl', 

 Bird of Paradise, Chateaubriand, La Tour d'Auvergne, Noble par 

 Merite. 



24 Pikst-class Early Tulips. — Duahesse de Parma, Belle 

 Alliance, Bride of Haarlem, Canary Bird, Chrysolora, Cottage Maid, 



