120 PIGTOBIAL PEAGTICAL BULB GROWING. 



Blue of Various Shades. 



Argus. *King of the Blacks. 



Blondiu. *Kiiig of the Blues. 



Charles Dickens. Leouidas. 



Czar Peter. *Lord Derby. 



Grand Lilas. Masterpiece. 



*Grand Maitre. Pieneman,. 



White and Tinted. 



Alba Maxima. L'Innocence. 



Grand Vainqueiu\ *Madame van der Hoop, 



^Grandeur a Merveille. Mont Blanc. 



King of the Whites. Mr. Plimsoll. 



*La Franchise. Snowball. 



=^La Grandesse (see p. 119). Yoltaire. 



Yellow Shades. 

 Bird of Paradise. -King of the Yelh^ws. 



*Ida. L'Or d'Australie. 



Double Hyacinths. 



Red and Hose. 

 ^Cardinal Wiseman. *Koh-i-Noor. 

 Grootvorst. Noble par Merite. 



Blue. 



Bloksberg. *Laurens Koster. 



Garrick. Van Speyk. 



White. 



Bouquet Eoyal. *LaTour d'Auvergne 



La Virginite (early) . 



Prince of Waterloo. 



Tellow. 



s Bouquet d' Orange. Jaune Supreme. 



Hyacinths for Bedding. 



While one may, if one feels disposed, procure these under name, 

 the more general and perhaps more satisfactory way is to purchase 

 the bulbs under the designations of " crimson,'^ " rose," scarlet," 

 " white,'' or what not, as the bulb merchant invariably chooses 

 varieties that are in every respect suitable for the purpose. Those 

 named are, however, of splendid quality. 



Amy, crimsoD. *Iving of the Blues, dark 



Charles Dickens, porce- blue, 



lain blue. *La Grandesse, pure 



*Grand Maitre, deep white, 



porcelain blue. Kobert Steiger, scarlet. 



Grandeur a Merveille, *Von Schiller, rose, car- 

 pale blush. mine stripe. 

 * These may be chosen where fewer varieties are wanted. 



Hyacinths for Glasses. 



In procuring Hyacinths for cultivation in glasses it is most 

 necessary that the merchant be informed of the object in view. 



