3o8 The Gardlner*s New Director. 



Dire^ions for hlowhig the Hyacinth in Water. 



HAVING laid down the culture of the double 

 and fingle Hyacinths^ and ihe Oriental NarciJfuSy I 

 lliall proceed to direct their blowing in watt- r, for which 

 purpofe you muft be provided with the early blowers of 

 thefe flowers, to be fet on glalVes made for that purpofe, 

 which is to be filled within a quarter of an inch of the 

 bulb with frefh clear foft water ; in fourteen days you 

 will perceive them to fend down their fibres ; the water , 

 rnuft be renewed once every four weeks, and once every 

 week, as foon as you perceive tliefe flowers preparing 

 for bloom. When their flowers are entirely faded, take 

 their roots and plant them into good, rich, light, frefli 

 earth, covering rhem to the depth of four inches, firft 

 fpreading out their fibres, and tying their ftem and leaves 

 to reeds or wires ; and when they have faded, fmooth 

 the bed' over, leaving the roots in the ground for that 

 feafon ; covering them well with rotted tan in the win- 

 ter, and to manage them in the fpring as you do the 

 others ; but if, in the fpring, after they have been in the 

 water-glaiTes, you obferve their flower-fl:ems to be very 

 fmall, nip them off before they expand their bloffoms, 

 in order to ftrcngthn the root. 



All the early ftnglc-vjhite and Blues, double Whites^ viz. 



Morgen Staar Koning van Groote Bri- 



Pfins Frederic van Baden tain 



Durlach Comptroller General. 



Coialline 



Double Blues. 



Kroon van Brabant Souveraigne 



Agaet Mignion Landgraaf van Soutzem- 



Paffetoute berg. 



Thefe dpubles blow beft in water, as does the Oriental 

 Narci[[iis, fuch as the ^qIcH d'Or, Bajfelman Major, and 

 Pajfe Biijfelman. 



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