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pleasing physiognomy, make it indispensable in the 

 house or parlor. The leaves are two or three, recumbent, 

 ovate, oblong, prettily veined, crossing the longitudinal 

 nerves, being thus both novel and interesting ; flowers in a 

 sub-capitate umbel funnel shape, and gaping, composed of 

 six segments of pure white in the centre, with a delightful 

 broad ultra-marine blue margin. 



The Hyacmthine does not grow over a foot high j a de- 

 sirable height. It should be grown in five inch pots, well 

 drained in a maiden soil, with a small portion of sand. 

 This, like all other South American plants, requires a time 

 of rest, which is during the winter months, when it must 

 be kept from frost. It needs no water while dormant. In 

 the spring, when the bulbs begin to grow, give a little wa- 

 ter as the plant increases in growth, also increase the quan- 

 tity, and when in flower and while perfecting its foliage, be 

 liberal in the supply; upon this depends much of your 

 success in growing and flowering it to perfection. This, 

 combined with a clear atmosphere, will make it one of our 

 best bulbs in cultivation. When the leaves die down, it 

 can be either re-potted or packed away until spring. The 

 bulb should never be placed over one third deep in the 

 soil. 



