426 Cultivation of the Hyacinth. 



List of the Species and Varieties of ilforus growing in the Government 

 Plantation at Nymphenburg : — 



Large White Mulberry. ikforus hispanica. 



Small White, with small leaves. M. nigra. 



Foglia doppia, or double leaf. M. rubra. 



Foglia zazola, or indented leaf. M. rubra, from New York. 



Superexcellent (vorgziiglichste). M. constantinopolitana. 



I have, moreover, received forty-two plants from Dr. Sacco 

 of Milan, which he calls " particular kinds." All these species, 

 with the exception of the Morus rubra from New York, I re- 

 ceived through the Agricultural Society, from Italy. 



I am. Sir, &c. 



M. BiSCHOF. 



Royal Nursery, Nymphenburg, Nov. 1828. 



Art. XVIL On the Cultivation of the Hyacinth. By Thomas 

 Fleetwood, Gardener, of Donnington. Read at the Meeting 

 of the Vale of Evesham Horticultural Society, September 24. 



1828. 



To improve the culture of hyacinths and preserve the bulbs 

 in good health, and to enable them to produce the finest blos- 

 soms, plant them in the third week of September in the following 

 manner : — Take off the surface of the earth from the bed where 

 they are to be planted, 1 2 in. deep ; after loosening the soil for 

 the next 6 or 7 in. by digging and making it level, add 4 in. of 

 good well-rotted dung all over the bed ; this done, take light, 

 rich, vegetable soil that has been sifted and kept dry for three 

 weeks previous to the time of planting, cover the dung with 

 the soil so prepared 2 in. thick; then place the bulbs on the dry 

 soil 1 in. asunder each way, and cover them 1 in. overhead 

 with the above sort of dried soil, raising the beds to a level with 

 the natural earth. On the approach of frost I cover the beds 

 with dry litter, to prevent the frost from raising the bulbs out 

 of the earth. When the severity of the frost is gone, remove 

 the litter, and clean the bed as necessity may require, until the 

 first bells begin to open ; then carefully support them with a 

 small stick, raising it 10 in. out of the earth, carefully placing 

 between every row a layer of clean cake moss, to prevent their 

 being spotted with dirt by heavy rain. I attend to the same 

 method in planting them round circles or ovals, in all cases 

 carefully mixing their varieties. To cover the bulbs with 

 rotten dung is as injurious as to plant them in damp soil. In 

 preparing pots for hyacinths, select those about 6 in. in depth 



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