24 



GUIDE TO THE CONSERVATORY. 



HYACINTHUS. 

 Class, Hexandria. Order, Monogynia. 



AsPHODELEiE. 



Native of the Levant, 1596. — Propagation, off- 

 sets. 



Pot the bulbs in September, in Nos. 32 and 48, 

 in the following compost : two parts vegetable soil, 

 two parts good turfy loam, one part decomposed 

 cow-dung, one part sand ; put a little sand beneath 

 the bulb, and a little above it, fill up with the soil. 

 Place the pots in any convenient situation, cover all 

 up with sand one inch thick on the top of them ; 

 take as many as you wish for the first bloom into 

 the flower-house in October, and others as they 

 are wanted for succession, every three weeks or 

 thereabouts. 



NARCISSUS. 

 Class, Hexandria. Order, Monogynia. 



AmARYLLIDEjE. 



Natives chiefly of Europe, several of England. — 

 Propagation, seeds and offsets. 



Treatment, same as the Hyacinthus. 



TULIPS. 



Class, Hexandria. Order, Monogynia. 



Tulipaceje. 

 Native of Levant. 

 The double and single Van Thol and the Parrot 



