THE WINDOW GARDEN 343 



HYACINTHS 



Very few window-gardeners would care to be 

 without the hyacinth. Its culture is compara- 

 tively simple and, for the attention it demands, 

 its fragrant blossom is more than ample re- 

 ward. Select sound bulbs, solid and without 

 offsets or protuberances and possessing only 

 one crown. Apply the same rules to their se- 

 lection as would be applied in choosing a fine 

 onion and obtain the bulbs as early in the au- 

 tumn as possible. Pot up at once — especially 

 the Roman hyacinths — providing plenty of 

 drainage and then treat the bulbs as advised 

 for narcissi. Use five-inch pots, and plant 

 one bulb to a pot, .leaving at least a fifth of 

 the bulb showing above the surface of the 

 soil. 



Some good single hyacinths for blooming in 

 pots are: 



Red, rose and pink: Robert Steiger, Gen- 

 eral Pelissier, Gertrude, Gigantea, Roi des 

 Beiges and Lord Macaulay. 



White and blush white : La Grandesse, Gran- 

 deur a Merveille, Mont Blanc, Paix de 1 'Europe 

 and Baroness van Thuyll. 



Dark and light blue: Baron van Thuyll, 



