HYACINTHUS 



LILY OBDEB 



HYACINTHUS 835 



"Where bulbs cannot be placed in a suit- 

 able place to form roots in glasses, they 

 may be planted out of doors, and after 

 the roots have formed may be lifted and 

 washed, and then placed in the glasses. 



A curious method of growing Hya- 

 cinths is as follows. A bulb is placed in 

 a ball of damp moss and inserted in the 

 lower end of an ornamental-leaved Beet- 

 root which has been scooped out for the 

 purpose. The Beetroot is then hung up 

 head downwards, with the Hyacinth on 

 top. Water is given from time to time, 

 and as the Hyacinth sends its roots into 

 the flesh of the Beetroot, and its leaves 

 and flower-stems upwards, the Beetroot 

 has developed its leaves, and a singular 

 effect is thus produced between the two. 

 A Turnip or Swede wUl do just as well 

 as a Beetroot, but this bizarre style of 

 gardening is perhaps scarcely worth 

 •cultivating. 



Many other bulbous plants may be 

 grown in water in the same way as 

 Hyacinths, such as Crocuses, Crown 

 Imperials, Chionodoxas, ScUlas, Tcdips, 

 Jacobaea Lily, &c. 



Hyacinths are easily grown in pots. 

 They are planted in autumn one or more 

 in a pot, and either plunged in soil or 

 covered with ashes to a depth of 4 or 

 5 inches. "When well rooted they may 

 be taken into a warm greenhouse, and 

 watered as required. They will thus be 

 made to flower much earher than out of 

 doors. 



' Boman ' Hyacinths, which are forced 

 in such large numbers every year, are 

 really a French variety of 22". orientalis, 

 and are botanically known as the variety 

 albulus. They are thus distinct from the 

 species known as 3. romanus, a native of 

 S.E. Europe. 



The following are some of the best 

 single and double varieties of Hyacinths 

 for the outdoor garden. 



Single red, rose, pink Hyacinths &c. 



Amy, fine bright carmine, good truss ; 

 Belle Quirine, deep rose ; Camaignac, 

 salmon-rose, large bells and truss ; Chari- 

 laus (or Fireball), v&cy bright red, dwarf ; 

 Charles Dickens, splendid rose, grand 

 spike ; Cosmos, dark rose, large spike ; 

 Fabiola, pale pink, carmine striped; 

 Florence Nightingale, large rose, striped ; 

 General Pelissier, rich deep scarlet, 

 compact; Gertrude, rosy-pink, large 

 compact truss ; Qiga/ntea, delicate pale 



rose, large close truss ; Jenny Lind, bright 

 red ; King of the Belgians, splendid dark 

 scarlet ; Lord Macaula/y, carmine, fine 

 for exhibition ; Lord Wellington, pale rose, 

 large bells ; Madame Hodson, deep rose, 

 carmine striped ; Maria Catharina, fine 

 deep crimson ; Moreno, waxy pink, large 

 bells, very fine spike ; Norma, delicate 

 waxy pink, large bells ; Prince of Orange, 

 semi-double, light pink ; Queen of the 

 Hyaoinths, brilliant crimson ; Robert 

 Steiger, fine deep crimson ; jRomeo, car- 

 mine-red, fine truss ; Sarah Bernhardt, 

 bright rose, large compact truss ; Sultane 

 Favourite, blush-rose, shaded pink, fine ; 

 Victoria Alexamdrina, deep crimson ; 

 Von Schiller, deep rich pink, large 

 spike ; VuurbaaTc, dark crimson. 



Single white Hyacinths 



Alba Maxwna, Alba Superbiasima, 

 Baroness van Thuyll, Belle Blanchisseuse, 

 Blanchard, Crown Princess, Blfrida, 

 Grand Vaimqueur, Grande Vedette, 

 Grandeur a Merveille, Lady Franklin, 

 La Franchise, La Grandesse, La Pucelle 

 d'Orleans, Leviathan, L'Innocence, Ma- 

 dame van der Hoop, Mammoth, Mina, 

 Mont Blanc, Mr. Plimsoll, Paix de 

 I'Ewrope, Princess Amalia, Queen Vic- 

 toria, Rousseau, Semiramis, Snowball, 

 Voltaire. 



Single blue Hyacinths 



(Those marked with an asterisk (*) 

 are deep coloured varieties) 



Argus, *Baron von Humboldt, * Baron 

 van Thuyll, *Belle Africame, ^Blackbird, 

 Bleu amiable, *Bleu Morant, Blondmi, 

 Captain Boy ton, Charles Dickens, Cavwig- 

 nac, OUo, Cou/ronne de Celle, Czar Peter, 

 David Livingstone, *Emicus, EmiUus, 

 *Ferruck Khan, *General Lauriston, 

 Giniral P^Kssier, George Peabody, 

 Gramde Vedette, Grand Frederick, Gra/nd 

 Lilas, Grand Maitre, Grand Vadnqueur, 

 *Keizer Ferdinand, *King of the Blues, 



* Lamplighter , La Peyrouse, Leonidas, 

 Lord Beacons^eld, Lord Byron, Lord 

 Derby, *Lord Melville, Lord Palmerston, 



* Marie, * Masterpiece, * Mimosa, Oronda- 

 tus, Paulina Lucca, Pieneman, Porce- 

 ladne Sceptre, Potgieter, Priestly, Premier 

 Gladstone, Prince of Wales, *Primce 

 Albert, Qu^en of the Blues, Begulus, *Sir 

 John Lawrence, * Uncle Tom, * William 

 the First, * William, the Third. 



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