THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



JULY 1st, 1833. 



PART I. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



ARTICLE I.— On the Culture of Hyacinths. By 

 Snowdrop. 



It is generally supi:)Osed that Hyacinths will not bloom a second 

 year in any degree equal to the first, after importation, and that 

 they yearly deteriorate. This complaint is raised by those who 

 have never tried a feasible method of culture. It is true that the 

 bulbs are very much weakened by flowering in water, but with 

 proper attention they may be recovered and even made to equal 

 those which are imported from Holland. It ma}', perhaps, be 

 considered presumption in me to make any remarks on the culti- 

 vation of these flowers, when I confess that it is but the third year 

 that I have grown them ; but I (.aimot refrain from stating the 

 Buccess I have experienced from the following method of culture, 

 more especially as Mr. Price, in your last number, solicits infor- 

 mation on this point. The experiment was tried on some bulbs 

 which had bloomed the previous Sjjring in water, and on a quan- 

 tity of oflsets. The fonner, though much weakened, threw out 

 ten or a dozen bells each the first year, and from the latter, some 

 of which were not larger than hazel nuts, I had the first Spring 

 from three to ten bells according to size ; in fact every one bloomed. 

 In the present Spring they are really fine flowers. My method 

 was this. Ill October I jirepared the bed, tiiking out the earth to 

 the depth of two feet, and (illing up willi a niixlnre of one half 



