HYACINTH AND NARCISSUS SUPPORTERS. 245 
HYACINTH AND NARCISSUS SUPPORTERS. 
BY AN AMATEUR FLORIST OF BRISTOL, 
I HEREWITH enclose you a drawing of a flower support which I used 
last year for my Hyacinths and Narcissus. If you have space in your 
Journal to make it more generally known I think it would be con- 
ferring a great boon upon florists, more especially the amateurs in the 
Hyacinth. Its merits, as given out, are utility, simplicity, and neat- 
ness, ore and all of which, in my humble opinion, are realized. I 
used them for the first time last year for my Hyacinths, and their 
utility was at once visible to me, as it saved me all the time and trouble 
I used to take in former years in propping them up with, now to me 
unsightly, sticks and wires of all shapes, especially those in glasses, 
which when they bloom at all well are sure to fall over or break in 
the stem with their own weight, unless supported in some way, which 
let me do my best I could not do neatly till I caught sight of the 
supporter I now recommend, which when adjusted in the glass looks 
neat and tidy, and answers all the purpose for which it was intended. 
I used them for pots in the same way, adjusting them in both instances 
when I planted the bulbs. After the bulbs had done flowering I used 
the supporters in the garden for some delicate annuals, and they 
answered well in some instances, but as the Hyacinth season is ap- 
proaching it is more particularly for them I now call the attention of 
the readers of the Magazine. 
The enclosed drawing will save me saying more, as if you have 
space for its insertion the merits of the supporters will be palpable to 
all the readers of your widely circulated Journal. The supporter was 
invented I believe by Mr, Hamilton, seedsman, Cheapside, London, 
