be necessary, in Scotland it will. Splendid 

 material is straw, rushes, or peat crumbled up. 

 It must be remembered however that when milder 

 weather sets in the covering must partly be taken 

 away. The winter covering can be as thick as 4 

 inches. 



Hyacinths. 



(6O 65 per sq. yard). 



The making of a bed of Hyacinths of one 

 colour, gives, of course, no difficultv at all. Har- 

 der is it to plant a bed with different kinds, 

 because we want about the same height, and also 

 a great harmony of colours. We don 't want 

 colours that clash. 



Magnificent Hyacinths for ,,one-kind-beds" 

 are: - 



La Victoire, (red) ; 



Beauty, Generaal de Wet, Gertrude, Lady Derby, 



Marconi, and Queen of the Pinks, (roseandpink) : 



Arentine Arendsen, General Vetter, L'Innocence, 



Mad. Kruger, and Queen of the Whites, 



(white) ; 

 Dr. Lieber, Enchantress, General v. d. Heyden, 



Grand Maitre, King of B'ues, Perle Brillante, 



Queen of the Blues, and Schotel, (blue) ; 

 City of Haarlem, and Yellow Hammer, (yellow) ; 

 Marchioness of Lome, and Oranje boven, 



(orange) ; 



King of the Violets, Lord Balfour and Sir Wil- 

 liam Mansfield, (violet). 



Lovely combinations. 



For a lovely combination of two different 

 kinds in one bed. We recommend: 

 Sir William Mansfield (violet) and Yellow 



Hammer (yellow) ; 



Arentine Arendsen (white) and La Victoire (red); 

 La Victoire (red) and City of Haarlem (yellow): 

 Queen of the blues (light blue) and Queen of the 



Whites (white); 

 Perle brillante (light blue), and L'Innocence 



(white) ; 

 King of the blues (dark blue) and Marchioness 



of Lome (orange); 



King of the blues (dark blue) and Yellow Ham- 

 mer (yellow); 

 Grand Maitre (blue) and General de Wet (light 



rose). 



We can 't recommend more than two different 

 kinds in one bed. Because there is a chance that 

 the whole gets too motley, unless the bed is a 

 long one, bordering a lawn. If so the best com- 

 bination should be to start with: L'innocence 

 (white), going on with: Perle brillante (light 

 blue), Grand Maitre (blue), King of the Blues 

 (dark blue), General de Wet (light rose), Lady 

 Derby (rose), Gertrude (dark rose), La Victoire 

 (red), Marchioness of Lome (orange), City of 



