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ation as they are similar in effecting their object. The Dutch force with 

 dung, the English with fire heat ; and both have their advantages. To give 

 an idea of Dutch forcing, I may mention a place near Haarlem, called Ba- 

 shenhoven, which is pretty extensive. The forcing-houses consist of about 

 100 lights, and the forcing-pits of 200 lights. A Montagne peach tree, 

 which occupied the breadth of two lights of a pit, was charged (June 2.), 

 with fifty-two beautiful nearly ripe fruits. One melon plant, called the 

 Groote Orange, had seven very fine nearly ripe fruit, all of a good size. Out 

 of a cucumber pit of four lights were cut forty fruits on May 28th, and 

 twenty on May 31st. The vines bear well, and a quantity of fruit was 

 already used. Of strawberries, the fine English sorts are wanting, and only 

 the oldest sorts are used in forcing. Peaches, nectarines, apricots, grapes, 

 raspberries, melons, cucumbers, salad, carrots, peas, and French beans are 

 very generally forced. As I saw many similar forcing-houses last year, I 

 may observe that all of them are kept in perfect good order, and managed 

 in one and the same way, so that nothing farther of novelty is to be found, 

 after having seen one of the principal places. The pine-plants, compared 

 with the English, are exceedingly poor. 



I like the Dutch manner of forcing very well because it is less expensive ; 

 but where the enjoyment of a fine sight is desired, the English style is pre- 

 ferable. 



With respect to the florists' gardens of Haarlem, I cannot give a better 

 description, than by subjoining the following abridged list of the bulbs 

 cultivated in the establishment of M. E. H. Krelage, which was commenced 

 twenty years ago, and must now be acknowledged as one of the best gar- 

 dens of its kind. M, Krelage is a very enthusiastic florist, who collects all 

 that is fine and new, and has raised since the year 1818, about 300 new 

 varieties of hyacinths from seeds, for one of which, flowering for the second 

 time this year, 100/. was offered; but none of them can be sold before they 

 are propagated. I had the good fortune to learn a good deal about the 

 culture of bulbs from M. Krelage ; and I may remark, that last year, when 

 the tulips in most places looked very ill, they had grown here as well as 

 ever ; and so it is with the whole collection. 



Specification of the Bulbs cultivated by M. E. H. Krelage, Florist, Kleine 

 Houtweg, No. 146. Haarlem. - 



Double Hyacinths. 



Sorts. Sorts. Sorts. 



Reds - - 20 Whites with yellow 14 Dark blues - - 24 



Light reds - - 60 Yellow - - 12 Blues - - 55 



Rose - - 65 Whites with red - 42 Light blues - - 45 

 Whites - - 60 



Single Hyacinths. 



Sorts. Sorts. Sorts. 



Reds - - 27 Whites - - 36 Dark blues - - 15 



Light reds - - 30 Yellows - - 40 Light blues - - 18 



Roses - - 25 Dark, nearly black - 6 Blues - - 20 



Double hyacinths - 397 sorts, 

 Single ■'■[ - - 217 



New varieties - 300 



914 occupying 6000 sq. ft. Rhenish. 



Under the new varieties a double blue, a double red, a single blue, and 

 a single black are distinguished. 



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