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Have the Seedling Fuchsias, figured in No. 91, been yet named, or sent out P 



Can vou inform me where bulbs of Calochortus venustus car. be obtained, and 



the price ? An early answer to this in the pages of the Cabinet will oblige, 



Clonmel, Nov. 19, 1840. An original Irish subscriber. «) 



rWe have taken drawings of several of the best we saw in the Chiswick 



Exhibitions, and in the first-rate collections, and they will soon be given. The 



Fuchsias, along with ten others, will be sent out in the spring; we take orders 



for them. We can supply the Calochortus, as can other nurserymen, at on. each. 



— Conductor.] 



REMARKS. 

 On the Hyacinth.— Being now so generally cultivated, not only by nursery- 

 men, but by ladies themselves, I think I cannot be too particular in giving a 

 full account of their treatment both in water and in all the other modes ot cul- 

 ture I shall therefore commence with that which is most generally adopted in 

 town, which is, growing Hyacinths in glasses of water. To ensure fine heads of 

 bloom, very great care should be taken in the selection of the bulbs. It is almost 

 indispensable that they should be round, not only on account of the glasses being 

 so, but when they are in flower ; if the bulbs are not round they are very liable 

 to fall over : and should there be any side shoots attached to them, they ought 

 to be carefully taken off before being placed in the glass, as they only tend to 

 weaken the flower, and do not add to its beauty : it is also best to select those 

 bulbs which appear to have but one shoot in the centre, lor when there are two 

 or three, they weaken each other, and spoil the beauty of the flower, by causing 

 it to be small and diminutive. Before I proceed with its culture, I think it will 

 not be inappropriate to mention the names and colours ot a few of those which 

 succeed best when grown in glasses, as there are a great many very beautiful 

 varieties which grow very late, and are consequently quite unfit for this purpose. 

 I have therefore, made a selection of a few which flower very early, others which 

 succeed them, and lastly, those which are decidedly late. 



Early. 



Waterloo, semi-double, dark red. 



L'Ami du Cceur, single, bright red. 



Herstelde Breede, single, bright red. 



Prince Talleyrand, single, clear white. 



Emicus, single, blue. 



A-la-mode Epuise, double, white. 



Successions, 



Grootvorst, double, blush. 



Prince of Waterloo, double, clear white. 



Diebistch Sabalskansky, single, dark red. 



Kroon Van Indie, double, dark blue. 



Parmenio, double, light blue. 



Duchesse de Parma, very double, rosy red. 



Lale. 

 Lord Castlereagh, double, large, white. 

 Van Speyk, single, red. 

 Talma, single, flesh colour. 

 Comte de St. Priest, double, light blue. 

 Buonaparte, single, purple. 

 Envoyee, double, sky blue, with dark centre. 



Besides these there are many others; but, for * ™^ <fc^\TZ 



mentionedwillbe found a most excellent assortment bot 1 a s to colour a. 1 , 



rietv After having procured the bulbs, which may be had at all n »p • tawe 



urserietand seed Hops about London, they should be p acedttto £-*«« 



the water poured in so as to touch slightly the bottom ot the bulb , they should 



