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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 

 includes nearly every shade of red, white, blue, yellow, etc. 



Outdoor Culture — The bulbs may be planted any time from October to December — the earlier the belter. 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, but care 

 should be taken that this covering is not too thick, as the bulbs are as likely to be injured by being kept too warm as by freezing; 

 this should be removed in March, or when danger from hard frost is past. 



Pot Culture — Plantings may be made at any time from September to December, though October is the best lime. A light 

 rich soil, with a mixture of well rotted cow or sheep manure, 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; this usually takes from 6 to 8 weeks. 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 rcom 

 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 Ihe 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. Should the water become foul, pour off carefully and renew. A piece of charcoal about an inch 

 in diameter, placed in each glass, will keep the water sweet. Give as much fresh air as possible without letting them stand in a 

 draught, 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 admirably 

 adapted for pot culture and high-grade bedding where distinct shades 

 of color are desired. We can furnish them in the following grand 

 varieties at the uniform price of 8 CtS. each; 75 Cts. per do/..; 

 $5.50 per 100; $50.00 per 1000. 



If by mail add 15 cts. per doz. for postage. 



SINGLE RED, ROSE AND PINK. 



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



and truss. This is a "sport" from the well known blue variety 



Grand Maitre and has all the good qualities of its parent. 

 Oen. Pelissier. Intense deep crimson-scarlet; fine bedder and 



considered one of the best scarlets for forcing. 

 Gertrude. Deep rose; extra fine for bedding, having erect truss. 

 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. 

 Roi des Beiges. Brilliant crimson-scarlet; a grand bedding sort, 



holding its color better than any other scarlet. 



Single 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 varieties; 



makes a splendid spike and always does well. 

 LMnnocence. Deservedly the most popular pure white, of erect, 



sturdy habit and good for all purposes. 

 La Grandesse. Magnificent snow white; considered the finest of 



of all whites. Bells and spike very large. 

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



for pots or bedding, of erect habit. 



Single Blue, Lavender and Purple. 



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 shade of clear light blue; excellent either for 



bedding or forcing. 

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



splendid variety for growing in pots. 



Price, any of the above, 8 cts. each; 75 cts. per doz ; $5.50 

 per 100; $50.00 per 1000. 



If by mail add 15 cts. per doz. for postage. 



Spike of Single Hyacinth. 



Single flowering Hyacinths are usually the most satisfactory, producing the finest spikes of bloom. 



