464 Remarks on the Forcing of Hyacinths. 



and the eye of the most fastidious will be proportionably 

 gratified. 



By making a second potting in the latter end of October 

 or in November, a good supply may be kept up until the 

 flowers in the natural grounds are in perfection. The latest 

 bulbs in this potting will need very little in the way of forc- 

 ing, a cold pit or frame, or the greenhouse, generally being 

 sufficient. By following these few directions, a fine bloom 

 will be obtained, and the cultivator will be rewarded, for a 

 comparatively small outlay of money and trouble, by the 

 prolonged enjoyment of a plant that, taken altogether, has 

 few superiors, at a season when fragrant flowers are most in 

 request. 



Grown in glasses, the hyacinth is a beautiful decoration to 

 the whidows of houses. To have them in perfection, only 

 the largest and soundest bulbs should be selected. Fill the 

 glass Avith soft water to within half an inch of the base of 

 the bulbs, and add one or two small bits of charcoal, which 

 will keep the water clear and sweet, and will do away with 

 the necessity of changing it too often. The glasses, with 

 the bulbs fitted too them, should then be placed in a dark 

 closet or cellar until the plants are well rooted ; for although 

 they will bloom when fully exposed to the light in a window, 

 still, as the roots are naturally formed beneath the surface of 

 the earth, it is physiologically wrong to expose them to an 

 agent so directly opposed to their nature as the strong glare 

 of day in such a situation. Besides, it will be found that 

 such as are in dark colored glasses always form a greater 

 quantity of roots within a given time than those in plain 

 transparent glasses, and consequently bloom in greater perfec-- 

 tion. When once well supplied with roots, they may be 

 placed in the windows of a sitting room, and all that is re- 

 quired is an occasional supply of water, as that in the glass 

 gets reduced or foul. 



Concluding with a list of sorts well suited for forcing, 

 containing sufficient variety to supply the largest establish- 

 ment with a continual succession of novelty in color and 

 form as far as can be expected in the varieties of one plant. 



