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 better. 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 time. 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 10 to 12 weeks. They may then be brought as wanted for a 

 succession of flowers into a moderately warm, light room. 



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. Give as much fresh air as possible without letting the plants stand in a draught, and as nearly 

 as possible at a temperature of sixty degrees until the spikes are developed. To put them at once into a room with a temperature 

 of say 70 degrees would cause them to flower prematurely. 



Select Second Size Named Hyacinths. 



These are smaller than our Extra Selected first size bulbs offered 

 on pages 4 and 5, but 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 : 



SINGEE RED, ROSE AND PINK. 



Chas. Dickens. Soft rose ; exquisite. 



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



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



Gigantea. Soft blush pink ; very large spike. 



Moreno. Waxy pink ; very large bells and truss. 



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



Single Pure and Tinted "White* 



Alba Superbissima. Purest white ; fine truss and bells. 

 Baroness van Thuyll. Pure white ; popular bedder. 

 Grandeur a'Merveille. The finest blush white variety. 

 L'Innocence. Purest white ; a grand variety. 

 La Grandesse. Magnificent clear white; considered the finest of 



all whites. 

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



Single Blue, Lavender and Purple. 



Baron van Thuyll. Rich purple, in long spikes. 



Czar Peter. Light porcelain-blue ; an exquisite shade. 



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



and free grower. 

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

 La Peyrouse. Light porcelain-blue ; very dainty. 

 Queen of the Blues. Clear silvery azure-blue ; beautiful. 

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

 $5.00 per 100 ; $47.00 per 1000. 

 If by mail, add 12 cts. per doz. for postage. 



GLASSES for HYACINTHS. 



Either shape in Amber, 

 Green, Amethyst, Blue, Clear 

 or Crystal, 20 cts. each ; §2.00 

 per doz. 



Tall ok Belgian 

 Shape. 



For Collections of Hyacinths i^^^p^p 



suitable for growing in glasses 



_ & & s Squat or Tye 



see page o. Shape. 



Glasses cannot be sent by mail. 



Spike of Single Hyacinth. 



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



