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HUTCHI'NSIA. (Named after Miss 

 flutchins, an accomplished Irish cryp- 

 togamist. Nat. ord., Crucifers [Brassi- 

 caceee]. Linn., lu-Tetradynamia. Al- 

 lied to Lepidium. ) 



Annuals by seeds in April, in dry situations. 

 Herbaceous 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. 



HAEDY ANNUALS. 



H. petrat'a (rock). . White. April. England. 



procu'mbens (lying-down). . White. May. 



South Europe. 1823. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS. 



H. Alpi'na (Alpine). $. White. May. South 

 Europe. 1775. 



brevi'styla (short-styled). White. May. 



Syria. 1825. 



calyci'na (/rge-calyxed). &. White. April. 



Siberia. 1823. 



cepecefo'lia (Cepeae-leaved). ^. Pink. June. 



Carinthia. 1824. 



pu'milu (dwarf). June. Caucasus. 1821. 



rotundifo'lia (round-leaved). $. White, 



purple. June. South Europe. 1759. 



stylo'sa (/o#-styled. i. White, pink. 



June. Caucasus. 1825. 



HYACI'NTHUS. The Hyacinth. (In 

 mythology, a beautiful boy, who, after 

 being killed, was transformed into this 

 flower. Nat. ord.., Lily worts [Liliacece] . 

 Linn., Q-Hexandria 1-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 

 out-door 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, j 

 and immediately plunged in tan or ashes, quite | 

 overhead, at least two inches. In potting, ' 

 make the soil very firm under the bulb, to j 

 prevent the roots going directly down too soon. ! 

 In a month after potting and plunging, a few j 

 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 i 

 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 

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sand, they should be placed in their glasses. 

 At flrst 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 at- 

 tained 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 full 

 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 pre- 

 vents putridity in the water. 

 H. amethy'stinus (amethyst-colour). . Blue. 

 April. South Europe. 1759. 



bruma'lis (winter). f. Various. February. 



Orienta'lis (Oriental). |. Blue. March, 



Levant. 15Q6. 



a'lbus (white), j. White. March. 



1596. 



fla'vus (yellow). 2- Yellow. March. 



1596. 



multiplex (double). 2. Variegated. 



April. 1596. 



ru'ber (red). 2- Red. March. 1596. 



semiple'nus (semi-double), g. Va- 

 riegated. March. 1596. 



spica'tus (farg'e-spiked). $. Blush. Feb- 



ruary. Zante. 1826. 



vi'ridis (green). Green. August. Cape of 



Good Hope. 1/74. 



HYBANTHE'RA. (From hybos, a curve, - 

 and anthera, an anther, or pollen bag ; 

 referring to the curve in the gouty 

 anthers. Nat. ord., Asclepiads [Ascle- 

 piadacere]. Linn., b-Pcntandria '2~ 

 Digynla. Allied to Pergularia.) 



Stove herbaceous climber. Divisions of the 

 plant ; cuttings, when gowth commences ; sandy 

 loam and peat. Summer temp., 60 to 85 ; 

 winter, 50 to 55. 



H. cordifo'lia (heart-shaped-teatwvZ) . Green, 

 yellow. May. Brazil. 1840. 



HYBRIDIZING, or CROSS - BREEDING, 

 though not quite identical, have with 

 the gardener similar objects, viz., either 

 improving the beauty of his flowers, or 

 the flavour and prolificacy of his fruits 

 and culinary products. Hybridizing, 

 strictly speaking, is obtaining a pro- 

 geny between two different species, by 

 fertilizing the stigma of one with the 

 pollen of another; and cross-breeding 

 is obtaining a progeny between varie- 

 ties of the same species. The progeny 

 of hybrids cannot produce seed; but 

 cross-breds are fertile. Our Own obser- 

 vations, and those of others, justify the 



