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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.—BULBS FOR AUTUMN PLANTING. 
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YACINTHS grown in glasses are elegant and suitable ornaments for the parlor 
or sitting-room, and can be flowered in this way with very little trouble. 
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following assortment, which we have designated the ‘* Water Collection,” is made up 
of exceptionally beautiful varieties, such as we have found to succeed well when 
grown in glasses. 
Directions for Growing Hyacinths in Glasses. 
The bulbs should be placed in the glasses as early in the season as possible, 
keeping them in a cool, dark cellar or similar situation until the roots have nearly 
reached the bottom of the glass, after which the lightest and sunniest situation that 
can be had is the best; the water in the glasses should be changed two vr three 
times a week, and in severe weather the bulbs must be removed from the window so 
as to be secure from frost. 
only touch the water. 
SINGLES. 
Bird of Paradise. Fine rich yellow, large compact 
spike. 
General Pelissier. 
King of the Blues. 
spike, splendid. 
Moreno. 
extra good truss, early. 
Mr. Plimsoll. 
grand spike of large bells. 
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Rich bright crimson scarlet, 
splendid spike; very early and a great favorite for 
forcing, the best early dark red. 
Rich dark blue, the finest of 
the deep blues, extra large, well furnished, broad 
spike with large bells, erect and extra fine. 
Lord Derby. Pale porcelain blue, grand large broad 
Beautiful bright pink, large waxy bells, 
Ivory white tinted with rosy blush, 
Fill the glass with water, so the base of the bulb will 
DOUBLES. 
Florence Nightingale. 
Pure glistening white, 
Frederick the Great. 
spike, semi-double. 
very early. 
Lord Wellington. 
Murillo. 
Othello. 
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large double bells and splendid truss. 
Bright rosy red, very large 
Goethe. Rosy salmon with pinkish feather, fine bells 
and large truss,extra fine, the best of this color and 
One of the finest double blush 
pinks, large spike and bells, very early, extra. 
Beautiful color, immense bells, azure blue, 
shaded darker, large strong spike, very early. 
Deep black purple, large bells, very early. 
| : The Water Collection of Hyacinths. 
The Collection—I bulb each of the above 12 sorts, all separately named—$1.25, or we will 
supply any variety separately at I5c. each, $1.50 per doz. 
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The Collection—I bulb each of the above 12 sorts, all sical Sec len lae de or we will supply any variety separately for 5c. each, 
-50 per doz. 
SINGLES. 
Pink Charles Dickens. alk 
pink, tall spike, well filled, beautiful. 
Queen of the Blues. > 
large bells and tall fine spike. 
King of the Blacks. 
black, compact truss, 
La Grandesse. 
very large bells. 
Sonora. 
above the soil. 
of roots before the top starts. 
Cavaignac. Rosycarmine, shaded salmon, beau- 
tiful large broad bells, large compact spike. 
Waxy blush, suffused 
The finest light blue, very 
Magnificent purplish 
This is one of the finest pure 
whites; grand compactspike, well furnished with 
Orange tinged salmon, fine spike. 
The Gem Collection of Hyacinths for Pots. 
spike; the finest 
azure, compacts 
double bells and 
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a lovely variety. 
Princess Louise. 
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AY assortment of inagnificent, superb and distinct varieties, of distinct 
shades of color and strong-growing, producing large and full spikes 
of bloom, and sure to give the greatest satisfaction for winter flowering 
in the conservatory or window garden, having been carefully selected 
from a great number of kinds. 
Directions for Growing Hyacinths in Pots. 
Fill a 5 or a 6 inch pot rather loosely to the brim with soil composed 
ofloam, leaf mold and well-rotted cow manure and sand, in equal pro- 
portions; press the bulb down so that only one-fourth of it appears 
Then water freely to settle the soil. 
then be plunged in a cold frame or in the garden, the top of the pots 
fully 2 inches below the surface of the ground, then cover with soil and 
leaves or litter to prevent freezing ; this will encourage a strong growth 
It must not be forgotten that a strong 
development of root can only be had at a low temperature, say from 40 
to 50 degrees, and any attempt to force them to make roots quicker by 
placing them in a high tempeTature will certainly enfeeble the flower. T 
at the time of potting, provided the pots have been covered up as directed. 
succession as required, after six to eight weeks’ time, to a sunny window in a cool room. 
DOUBLES. 
Double Charles Dickens. 
shaded lilac, large double bells and extra large 
The pots should 
here is no need to water, except 
They may be removed in 
Fine dark blue, 
of the double dark blues. 
La Grandeur. Bright golden yellow, with citron- 
tinted centre, extra large and double 
Straight strong truss. 
Mad. Marmont. 
bells, 
Unique color, white shaded 
pike, extra fine bells. 
Superb deep red, large fine 
extra good spike. 
The First. Bright rose pink, large bells and 
well-furnished spike, extra fine, 
Triumph Blandina. Peach-blossom pink, with 
early. 
rmine, tall, well-rounded spike ; 
