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THE HYACINTH. 



seedsmen and florists in London and other parts of 

 England, as well as from Edinburgh and Dublin, 

 which we execute yearly ; and this vast annual sup- 

 ply of hyacinths does not seem at all to affect the 

 demand in succeeding years.' 



' Well,, Mynheer Bloemist,' resumed my friend, 

 * I confess I feel exceedingly gratified with the sight 

 of your hyacinths ; their perfume, beauty, and rich- 

 ness of colour, far surpass any idea that my mind 

 could have formed respecting them. At the proper 

 season, which you say is October, I wish you to 

 forward me to England one hundred roots of double 

 and one hundred of single, including all your finest 

 varieties of yellow, white, red, and blue. I particu- 

 larly request to have the Bouquet Orange, Heroine, 

 Vainqueur, Favourite, and Pure d'Or included 

 among the yellow; Gloria Florum Suprema, Furius- 

 Camillus, A -la- Mode, and Anna Maria Schuur- 

 mans among the white; Catherine, Victorieuse, 

 Waterloo, Comte de la Coste, Maria Louisa, among 

 the red; and Bouquet Constant, Gloria Mundi, 

 Helicon, I'lmportante, and Pasquin among the 

 blue. 5 



