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ton (double) ; blue: Leonidas, La Peyrouse, 

 King of the Blues, Czar Peter, Grand Lilac, 

 Baron Van Thuyl and Charles Dickens 

 (double). La Peyrouse is a very light blue, 

 and the Baron Van Thuyl very dark. Of the 

 yellow varieties, the King of the Yellows and 

 the Ida are among the most satisfactory. The 

 Hyacinths known as Roman Hyacinths are 

 usually sold by color and not by name at the 

 florist's, for these Roman Hyacinths are not 

 distinct varieties, but miniature species of 

 some of the above. The Cape Hyacinth, with 

 its bell-shaped flowers an inch long, is also 

 fragrant and attractive, and the Grape Hya- 

 cinth {Muscari botryoides), blossoming in 

 April, finds its best variety in the Heavenly 

 Blue, though it is also to be found in white va- 

 rieties, as is the Wood Hyacinth {S cilia fes- 

 tales), which last is excellent for naturalizing, 

 and closely resembles the more prominent 

 Hyacinth of the bulb beds, though its spikes 

 are more loose and have not so many flowers. 



