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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 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 tn 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 loo 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 top of the 

 bulb just above the surface. After potting give a good watering and set away in a cool cellar or outhouse and cover over 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 intti 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 toicches the witer. 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 mucli 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 tempera- 

 ture of say 70 degrees would cause them to flower prematurely. 



SHI.ECT SECOND SIZE NAMEO HYACINTHS. 



These are smaller than our Extra Selected first size bulbs offered on next page, 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 follow- 

 ing grand varieties : 



Price (except where noted), 8 cts. each; 75 cts. per doz.; $5.50 per 100; $50.00 per 1000; by mail, 12 cts. per 



doz. extra. 



SINGLE RED, ROSE AND PINK. 



Chas. Dickens. Soft rose; exquisite. $6.00 per 100. 



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. 



Spike of Single Hyacinth. 



Single Pure and Tinted "White. 



Alba Superbissima. Purest white; fine truss and bells. 

 Baroness van Thuyll. Pure white ; one of the most popular 



for bedding. 

 Grandeur a'Merveille. The finest blush white variety ; always 



does well. 

 L'lnnocence. Purest white; extra fine spike; a grand variety. 



$6.00 per 100. 

 La Grandesse. Magnificent clear white; considered the finest of 



all whites. $6. 00 per 100. 

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



Single Blue, Eavender and Purple. 



Baron van Thuyll. Rich purple, in long spikes. 



Czar Peter. Light porcelain-blue; an exquisite shade. $6.00 



per 100. 

 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. ?6.00 



per 100. 

 Price, any of the above (except where noted), 8 cts. each; 75 

 cts. per doz.; $5.50 per 100; $50 00 per 1000. 

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



If you want a bed of Hyacinths try one of those offered on page 7. 



