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HYACINTHUS 



portion of vegetable manures is their carbon converted 

 into carbonic acid, and acting as an outdoor servant, by 

 dissolving various ingredients of plant food, that are 

 insoluble in water. The mineral elements and various 

 acids are also serviceable. 



HUNGARIAN LOTUS. Nympha'a therma'lis. 



HUNNEMA'NNIA. (Named after /. Hunncmann, a 

 botanical agent. Nat. ord. Poppyxorls [Papaveraceae]. 

 Linn. i^-Polyandria, i-Monogynia.) 



Half-hardy herbaceous perennial. Seeds in spring ; 

 rich soil; will bloom the second year in greenhouse 

 treatment, or may be kept over the winter in a dry, 

 cold pit, and planted in the garden. 

 H. fumariafo'lia (Fumaria- leaved). 2. Yellow. Mexico. 

 1827. 



HUNTE'RIA. (Commemorative name. Nat. ord. 

 Apocynaceae.) 



A stove evergreen shrub with large leaves and small 

 flowers in axillary clusters. Cuttings of firm wood in 

 sand, with bottom-heat. Fibrous loam, peat or leaf- 

 mould, and sand. 

 H. BaUa'yi (Ballay's). Greenish-white. Gaboon. 1902. 



HUNTLE'YA. (Named after the Rev. Mr. Huntley, a 

 zealous collector of plants. Nat. ord. Orchids [Orchi- 

 daceae]. Linn. zo-Gynandria, i-Monandria. Now united 

 to Zygopetalum.) 



Stove orchids. Slips of shoots, and dividing the plant ; 

 fibrous peat, &c. ; grown in a high, moist temperature. 

 Summer temp., 60 to 90 ; winter, 55 to 60. 

 H. Melea'gris (Guinea-hen). See ZYGOPETALUM MELEA- 



GRIS. 



sessiliflo'ra (stalkless-flowered). Violet. Guiana. 



1835- 

 viola'cea, (violet-coloured). See ZYGOPETALUM vio- 



LACEUM. 



HU'RA. Sand-box-tree. (The native name. Nat. 

 ord. Spurgeworts [Euphorbiaceae]. Linn. zi-Moncecia, 

 ii-.Wonadflphia. Allied to Hippomane.) 



Stove evergreen trees, with whitish-yellow flowers. 

 Seeds, and cuttings of ripe young shoots under a bell- 



lass, in sandy soil, and in heat ; rich loam and peat, 

 ummer temp., 60 to 80 ; winter, 50 to 55. 

 H. cre'piians (rattling. Equal-toothed). 12. S. Amer. 



1733- 

 stre'pens (sounding. Unequal-toothed). See H. 



HURDLES of iron are the most eligible modes of 

 fencing, whether for permanency or temporary purposes. 

 They are invisible at a short distance, elegant, and 

 durable. See RAILING. 



HURT and HURTLEBERRY. The fruit of Vacci'nium 

 MyrU'llus. 



HUSKY. The dung for a hotbed, when too dry, is 

 said to be husky. 



HUTCffl'NSIA. (Named after Miss Hutchins, an 

 accomplished Irish cryptogamist. Nat. ord. Crucijers 

 [Cruciterae]. Linn. i$-Tetr adynamia. Allied to Iberis.) 



Annuals, by seeds in April, in dry situations. Her- 

 baceous perennials, by seed and divisions in spring, and 

 cuttings under a hand-light, in summer ; sandy loam, 

 with a little peat or leaf-mould, and dry situations, such 

 as banks or rock- work. 



HARDY ANNUALS. 



H. peinz'a (rock), i- White. April. England. 

 procumbent (lying-down). See H. PROSTII. 

 Pro'stii (Frost's). *. White. May. France. 1823. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS. 

 H. alpi'na (alpine). See NOCC^EA ALPIXA. 

 , brevisty'la (short-styled). See THLASPI RIVALE. 

 , calyci'na (large-ca.lys.ed). See SMELOWSKIA CALYCINA. 

 , cepeafo'lia (Cepaea-leaved). See THLASPI CEPE/E- 



FOLIUM. 



, pu'mila (dwarf). See THLASPI PUMILUM. 

 , rotundifo'lia (round-leaved). See THLASPI ROTUNDI- 



FOLIUM. 

 stylo'sa (Jong-styled). See NOCC^A STYLOSA. 



HYACI'NTHUS. The Hyacinth. (In mythology, a 

 beautiful boy, who, after being killed, was transformed 

 into this flower. Nat. ord. Lilyworts [Liliaceaej. Linn 

 6-Hexandria, i-Monogynia.) 



Offsets from the bulbs, after the foliage has died down 

 in summer ; light, rich, sandy loam, with a little leaf- 

 mould. A valuable bulb for forcing. Best florists' kinds 

 grown out of doors should be taken up after the foliage 

 is withered, kept in shelves and drawers until the end of 

 autumn, and then planted and protected from severe 

 frost in winter, and frost and heavy rains in spring, by 

 an awning. For a brilliant outdoor display, where the 

 kinds are not so valuable, the roots may remain in the 

 ground many years if top-dressed, and the bulbs are not 

 too near each other. When grown in pots, these should 

 be deeper than usual, in proportion to the diameter 

 nine inches are not too much. The compost we have 

 found most suitable for them in pots is a good loam, three- 

 fourths, and decayed cow-dung, two years old, one- 

 fourth. In October they ought to be potted, and imme- 

 diately plunged in tan or ashes, quite overhead, at least 

 two inches. In potting, make the soil very firm under 

 the bulb, to prevent the roots going directly down too 

 soon. In six weeks after potting and plunging, a few 

 may be brought into heat, and forced to flower about 

 Christmas ; and others may be brought in, month after 

 month, to supply flowers till May. To grow them in 

 water, glasses with a hollow cup at the top, to hold the 

 bulb, are used. It is not good to begin too soon with 

 glasses. December is quite early enough. After being 

 kept for a few days in slightly damped sand, they should 

 be placed in their glasses. At first the water should 

 only just touch the base of the bulbs, and the glasses 

 should be kept in a dark closet until the roots have 

 attained the length of an inch. Two drops of spirit of 

 hartshorn may be added to the water in each glass when 

 the bulbs are growing, and whenever the water is changed. 

 Dark-coloured glass is always to be preferred, as the 

 absence of light is natural to all roots. By keeping the 

 glasses in a dark closet until the roots are fully an inch 

 long, the hyacinths will not get top-heavy, but the roots, 

 being in advance of the leaves, will preserve the plant 

 balanced erect. The bloom will also be finer, as the roots 

 will be in a state to nourish the leaves before these are 

 prematurely advanced. A piece of charcoal put into 

 each glass feeds the plant, and prevents putridity in 

 the water. 



H. amethysti'nus (amethyst-colour). J. Blue. April. 



Pyrenees; Croatia. 1759- 

 a'lbus (white). White. 

 Auche'ri (Aucher's). Persia. 

 azu'reus (azure-blue). . Sky-blue. March. Asia 



Minor. 1856. 

 amphi'bolis (two-droppered). J. Pale blue. 



Spike of forty to fifty flowers. 1902. 

 gigantfus (giant). A large form. Mount Muris, 



N. Cilicia. 1898. 

 robu'stus (robust). Flowers half as large again as 



H. azureus. 1903. 

 ,, brevifo'lius (short-leaved). J. Pink. January. S. 



Africa. 1811. 



,, bruma'lis (winter). J. Various. February. 

 ca'ndicans (white). See GALTONIA CANDICANS. 

 cilia' tus (eye-lashed), i. Europe ; N. Africa. 

 ,, corymbo'sus (corymbose). J. Lilac. S. Africa. 1793. 

 fastigia'tus (upright). Bright purple. Corsica; 



Sardinia. 



flexuo'sus (flexuous). Syria. 



glau'cus (sea-green). Purple, red. May. Persia. 1825. 

 hispa'nicus (Spanish). See H. AMETHYSTINUS. 

 hi'spidus (hispid). Cilicia. 

 leucophctfus (white-dusky). S. Russia. 

 linea'tus (lined). $. Blue. Asia Minor. 1887. 

 macro'botrys (large-bunched). Palestine. 

 Musca'ri (Muscari). See MUSCARI MOSCHATUM. 

 orienta'lis (oriental), f. Blue. March. Levant. 



a'lbulus (white), f. White. March. 1596. 



" Roman Hyacinth." 



,, fta'vus (yellow), f. Yellow. March. 1596. 

 multiplex (double). %. Variegated. April. 1596. 

 provincia'lis (provincial). Blue, slender stemmed. 



France; Italy. 

 ru'ber (red). . Red. March. 1596. 



