84 THE HYACINTH. 



SINGLE YELLOW. 



Ida. Fine yellow. 



San Francisco. Deep yellow, 



Victor Hugo. Fine bells, and spike. 



Due de Malakoff. Straw-color, with a stripe of lake on 

 each segment. 



Aurora. Straw-color ; the tube splashed with pink, the 

 segments with pink of a deeper hue on stripes. 



Koning van Holland. Creamy yellow, shaded with 

 reddish orange.' 



All these single varieties force well, and will do well in 

 water. Perhaps the earliest hyacinth is L'Ami du Coeur, 

 single red. 



THE PROPERTIES OF A GOOD HYACINTH, AS A FLORIST 

 FLOWER, ARE, 



1. Each pip, or flower, should be round, and not ragged. 



2. The petals should be broad, thick, blunt at the ends, 

 not pointed, and reflexed enough to throw up the centre 

 well. 



