in darkness for a few days after being dis-imbedded. When an unusually 

 warm spring requires that the covering of tan or soil should be removed from 

 the general stock, the various batches, or pottings may be removed to cool 

 pits or frames east or north aspect (air being admitted early in fine weather, 

 and closed early,) until required for the forcing-house. A short difference of 

 a week or fortnight between the periods of potting will produce a corre- 

 sponding difference in the periods of bloom. 



METHOD TO BLOOM HYACINTHS AND OTHER BULBS, IN THE WINTER 

 SEASON, IN GLASSES. 



For this purpose Single Hyacinths, and such as are designated earliest 

 among the Double, are to be preferred. Single Hyacinths are generally held 

 in less estimation than Double ones ; their colors, however, are more vivid, and 

 their bells, though smaller, are more numerous ; some of the sorts are exquisitely 

 beautiful ; they are preferable for flowering in winter to most of the Double 

 ones, as they bloom two or three weeks earlier and are very sweet scented. 



Hyacinths intended for glasses should be placed in them during October 

 and November, the glasses being previously filled with pure water, so that 

 the bottom of the bulb may just touch the water ; then place them for the 

 first three or four weeks in a dark closet, box or cellar, to promote the 

 shooting of the fibres, which should fill the glasses before exposing them to 

 the sun, after which expose them to the light and sun gradually. If kept too 

 light and warm at first, and before there is sufficient fibre, they will rarely 

 flower well. They will blow without any sun, but the colors of the flowers 

 will be inferior. The water should be changed as it becomes impure ; draw 

 the roots entirely out of the glasses, rinse off the fibres in clean water, and 

 wash the inside of the glass well. Care should be taken that the water does 

 not freeze, as it would not only burst the glass but cause the fibres to decay. 

 Whether the water is hard or soft, is not a matter of much consequence — soft 

 is preferable — but must be perfectly clear, to show the fibres to advantage. 



DOUBLE HYACINTHS. 



RED AND PINK. 



Each. 

 Bouquet Tendre, crimson ; earliest 



and superior bloomer 30 



Bouquet Royal, rose ; early superb 



flowers 35 



Alida Catharina, red ; extra sort... 30 

 Coeur Fidele, dark rose ; early, fine. 25 

 Czar Nicholas, light rose ; large 



flowers 35 



Comtesse de la Coste, fine rose 30 



Diademe de Flore, rose 25 



General Ziethen, dark rose ; early 30 

 Grossfurst, pink ; early, large flow. 25 

 L'honneur d' Amsterdam, pink ; 



large and handsome 35 



Lord Wellington, rose ; largest and 



finest flowers 60 



Margaretha, pink; early 25 



Panorama, red ; early, very fine... 25 

 Perruque Royale, rose; large bells. 35 

 Princesse Royale, dark red ; extra. 60 



Each. 



Phoenix, dark red 25 



Regina Victoria, dark rose ; extra 



fine flowers .*.. 40 



Rose Mignonne, pink; early bloom. 25 



Wilhelm II., red; early and fine.. 25 



Waterloo, crimson ; handsome 30 



WHITE. 



Anna Maria, red eye; fine, early... 30 



A la Mode, red eye ; large flowers.. 30 



Bouquet Royal, a fine new variety 60 

 Curonne des Blanches, pure white 



with yellow eye 25 



Duchesse de Bedford, pure white.. 30 

 Grand Monarque de France, rose 



eye; very large 40 



Herman Lange, pure white ; early 25 

 La Tour d'Auvergne, white, with 



yellow eye; fine large flowers... 35 



La Virginite, pure white; early... 30 



