A BEAUTIFUL WHITE HYACINTH. 119 



case, tlie garden varieties should, as far as possible, be selected 

 from those having decided colours and not too packed a spike. 

 Washy or undecided hues fail to produce the brilliant effect that 

 can be secured when consideration is given to the picking, and 

 only those of marked individuality are chosen. 



FIG. 42.-HYACINTH LA GRANDESSE. 



{See i:)cige 120.) 



Single Hyacinths. 



Bed and Bose Coloured. 



Cavaiguac. Norma. 



Fabiola. Queen of Hyacinths. 



Gertrude. ^Robert Steiger. 



*Gigantea. *Roi des Beiges. 



L'Incomparable. Sultan's Favourite. 



Lord Macaulav. *Von Schiller. 



