420 On the Cultivation of Hyacinths. 



have never, ourselves, tried the experiment ; cease to give 

 water when out of flower, and discontinue it altogether when 

 the leaves assume a decaying appearance. 



Roots that have flowered in pots are but little injured, and 

 will bloom tolerably strong the next season, if set out in the 

 ground ; the same bulb should never be set in a pot two suc- 

 cessive years, but by shifting them alternately, from the pot 

 to the garden, they may be made to flower vigorously. 



The management of the hyacinth in beds, to flower them 

 to perfection, will be given in some future number. 



As many of our readers may not know what constitutes 

 the properties of a fine hyacinth, we extract the following 

 from Maddock's Florist's Directory : 



" The stem should be strong, tall, and erect, supporting 

 numerous large bells, each suspended by a short and strong 

 peduncle or footstalk, in a horizontal position, so that the 

 whole may have a compact, pyramidal form, with the crown 

 or uppermost flower perfectly erect. The flowers should be 

 large and perfectly double ; that is, well filled with broad, 

 bold petals, appearing to the eye rather convex than flat or 

 hollow: they should occupy about one half the length of the 

 stem. The colors should be clear and bright, whether plain, 

 red, white or blue, or variously intermixed and diversified in 

 the eye : the latter, it must be confessed, gives additional 

 lustre and elegance to this beautiful flower. Strong, bright 

 colors are, in general, preferred to such as are pale." 



The following is a list of superior kinds, and may serve to 

 assist some in making their selections : 



Double White. Double Red. 



General Washington Bouquet tendre 



Prince of Waterloo Groot Voorst 



Triumph Blandina Marquis de la Coste 



La Deese Comte de la Coste 

 Miss Kitty, rosy eye 



A la Mode, rosy eye Single Bed. 



Cochineal, crimson 



Single White. La Baiaine, rosy 



Grand Blanch Imperial Lord Wellington, rosy 



Grand Vainquier L'Eclair 



La Candeur Mars, crimson 

 Due de Cumberland 



Double Blue. 



Double Yelloio. Grand Vedette, pale 



Bouquet d'Oran^e Martinet 



Due de Berri d'Or Habit Brilliant 



Ophir Comte de St. Priest, pale 

 Louis d'Or 



Single Blue. 



Single Yellow. La Crepuscule 



Princess Charlotte Grand Vedette 



CrcEsus L'Ami de Coeur 



