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DUTCH HYACINTHS. 



The Hyacinth is so well known and esteemed that any description of its many good qualities is needless. The list now offered in- 

 cludes nearly every shade of red, white, blue, yellow, etc. For complete cultural notes see Dreer's Hints on the Growing of Bulbs, 

 free to customers if asked for at time of ordering. 



Outdoor Culture. — The bulbs may be planted any time from October to December. They succeed in any good, well-drained 

 garden soil. Set the bulbs so that the tops will be 3 or 4 inches below the surface and 6 to 10 inches apart. Before very severe 

 weather comes on, cover the beds with straw, leaves or manure, to protect them from the frost; this should be removed when 

 danger from hard frost is past. 



Pot Culture. — Plantings may be made at any time from September to December. A light rich soil, or Prepared Fibre, is 

 most suitable. Use a 4 or 5-inch pot, and have the tops of the bulbs just above the surface. After potting give a good watering, 

 and set away in a cool cellar or outhouse and cover with coal-ashes or some litter, until thoroughly rooted. During this period 

 be careful that they do not become dry. They may then be brought as wanted for a succession of flowers into the house, keeping 

 them in a very cool light room until the flower spikes are developed, when they may be placed in the dining or sitting room or 

 wherever they are wanted. 



Culture in Glasses. — When it is desired to grow Hyacinths in water, they should be placed so that the base of the bulb 

 merely touches the water. The glasses should then be set in a cool, dark closet, or in the cellar, until filled with roots, when 

 they may be brought into the light. A piece of charcoal aliout an inch in diameter, placed in each glass, will keep the water 

 sweet. Give as much fresh air as possible, and at a temperature of not over sixty degrees, until the spikes are developed. To 

 put them at once into a room with a temperature of say seventy degrees would cause them to flower prematurely. 



Select Second=size Named Hyacinths. 



These are a little smaller than our Extra Selected first-size bulbs offered on pages 4 and 5 and are fine flowering stock, and ad- 

 mirably adapted for pot culture and high grade bedding where distinct shades of color are desired. We can furnish tlieni in the 

 following grand varieties at the uniform price of 7 cts. each; 75 Cts. per doz.; $5.50 per lOO; $50.00 per lOOO. 



SINGI.E RED, R08B ANU PINK. 



General de Wet. A beautiful shade of soft pink, fine large 



bells and truss. 

 Gen. Pellssier. Intense deep crimson-scarlet; fine bedder 



and one of the best scarlets for forcing. 

 Gertrude. Deep rose; extra fine erect truss. 



SINGI.E PURE AND TINTED WHITE. 



Albertine. Purest white; fine truss and bells; very early. 

 Baroness van Thuyll. Pure white; popular bedder. 

 Grandeur a' Merveille. One of the finest blush white vari- 

 eties; makes a splendid spike and always does well 



Gigantea. Soft blush-pink; very large spike of closely set 



bells; one of the most popular. 

 Moreno. A beautiful lively pink; very large spike and bells; 



splendid for pots. 

 Rol des Beiges. Brilliant crimson-scarlet; a grand bedding 



sort, holding its color better than any other scarlet. 



L'innocence. Deservedly the most popular pure white, of 



erect, sturdy habit and good for all purposes. 

 La (jrandesse. Considered the finest of all whites. Bells 



and spike very large. 

 Mme. van der Hoop. Pure white, large bells; a splendid 



sort for pots or bedding. 



SINGI.E BEUE, I.AVENDER AND PITRPI.E. 



Baron van Thuyll. Rich purplish-blue, in long spikes. 

 Czar Peter. Exquisite light lavender-blue; a lovely shade. 

 Grand Maitre. Deep porcelain-blue; very large truss, strong 



and free grower, and one of the best. 

 King of the Blues. The finest of the rich deep blue varieties. 



Potgieter. A beautiful sliade of clear light blue; excellent 



either for bedding or forcing. 

 Queen of the Blues. Clear silver azure-blue; in splendid 



trusses; splentlid variety for growing in pots. 



Price, any of the above, 7 cts. each; 75 cts. per doz.; $5.50 per 100; $50.00 per 1000. 



NOTE. — All Bulbs, Roots and Plants are forwarded by Elxpress, purchaser paying charges. If wanted by Parcel Post add 10 per cent, 

 to value of order for postage to points east of the Mississippi River, and 20 per cent, to points west of the Mississippi River. 



