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and snowdrops should be about an inch under the 

 surface. Hyacinths in glasses require rain water, and 

 the glass should be filled till just touching the bottom of 

 the bulb. Renew the water now and then as it gets 

 impure, and keep adding more as the roots drink it up, 

 October is the best time to fill your glasses and pots. 

 Keep them in a cool, dark place — a closet would do — 

 till they have grown an inch or so. After this bring 

 them out to the light and let them have as much fresh 

 air as possible. Keep them from frost, but as cool as 

 you can above it. Frost destroys the bloom. The 

 double varieties are not so good for pots or glasses as 

 the single. Among the best are the following : 



Red. — d. Bouquet Royal, s. Amy, s. Baron Roths- 

 child, s. Prima Donna, d. Princess Royal, s. Von 

 Schiller. 



Blue. — s. Grand Vedette, d. Rembrandt, s. Celes- 

 tina, s. Grand Lilas, d. Prince of Saxe-Weimar, 

 s. Shakespeare, s. General Lauriston. 



Lilac and Mauve. — s. Adelina Patti, s. Haydn, 

 s. L'Unique. 



White. — s. Grand Vedette, s. Blanchard, d. 

 La Virginite, s. La Vestale, d. Prince of Waterloo, s. 

 Queen Victoria, s. Seraphine. 



Yellow. — d. Heroine, s. Overwinnaar, s. King of 

 Holland. 



s. stands for single ; d. for double flowers. 



You can purchase much cheaper Hyacinths for 

 your window box than those I have enumerated ; the 

 same of the Tulips. 



Tulips are magnificent spring- flowering bulbs very 



