THE HYACINTH. II 



usually afforded by the green-house ; and when the flowers 

 are fully expanded, the plants can be taken to the sitting- 

 room, or wherever their presence is desired, observing to 

 protect them from sudden changes or cold draughts of 

 air, and it will help them if the water given to them should 

 be moderately warm, say from 80 to 100. 



GROWING IN GLASSES. 



Hyacinths in glasses are an elegant and appropriate 

 ornament to the parlor, and for this purpose occasion 

 little trouble. The bulbs should be procured and placed 

 in the glasses as early in the season as possible, keeping 

 them in the dark until their roots are well started, after 

 which the lightest position that can be afforded is the 

 best. The water in which they grow should be changed 

 twice or thrice a week, and in severe weather the plants 

 must be removed from the window, so as to be secure 

 from frost. 



OUT-DOOR CULTURE. 



For decorating the flower garden, the bulbs should be 

 planted in October or the early part of November, at six 

 or seven inches apart each way, in light, rich soil, at a 

 depth of four inches from the crown of the bulb to the 

 surface of the earth, and covered over, as soon as the 

 ground freezes, with three or four inches of leaves or 

 rough manure. It may be necessary to place sticks to 

 them when in bloom, to prevent them from being broken 

 by the wind ; and this is all the attention they require till 

 the foliage is withered, and the season has arrived for 

 taking them up, when, instead of the usual practice of 

 drying them at once in the sun, we would advise the 

 Dutch method to be adopted, namely, to place them 



