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DUTCH HYACINTHS 
The Hyacinth is so well known and esteemed that any description of its many good qualities is needless. We give below short cul- 
tural directions. For complete cultural notes see our book, Dreer’s Hints on the Growing of Bulbs. Price, 25 cts., or free to customers if 
asked for at the time of ordering. 
Outdoor Culture.—The bulbs may be planted 
from October to December. 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; this should be removed when danger 
from hard frost is past in the spring. 
Pot Culture.—Plantings may be made at any 
time from September to December. A light, rich soil, or 
Prepared Bulb Fibre, is most suitable. Use a 4- or 
5-inch pot (or several bulbs may be planted together in 
larger pots or bulb pans) and have the tops of the bulbs 
just above the surface. After potting give a good water- 
ing, and set away ina cool cellar or outhouse and cover 
with coal ashes or some litter, until thoroughly rooted. 
They may then be brought as wanted for a succession 
of flowers into the house, keeping them in a very cool 
light room until the flower spikes are developed, when 
they may be placed wherever wanted. 
Culture in Glasses.—To grow Hyacinths in water, they should be PAN, OF 
placed so that the base of the bulb merely touches the water. The glasses oman OR 
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should then be set in a cool, dark closet, or in the cellar, until filled with iy scene 
roots, when they may be brought into the light. Give as much fresh air 
as possible, and at a temperature of not over sixty degrees, until the spikes 
are developed. To put them at once into a room with a temperature of, 
say seventy degrees, would cause them to flower prematurely. 
WHITE FRENCH ROMAN HYACINTHS 
We are again assured of a limited supply of this scarce and charming.class of Hyacinths from the south of France, producing grace- 
ful, delicately perfumed spikes of pure white flowers. They force readily in the house, and can be had in flower from November till April. 
We do not recommend them for outdoor planting. 
Selected Bulbs, 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $16.00 per 100, postpaid. 
DUTCH ROMAN OR MINIATURE HYACINTHS 
These are small bulbs of the single-flowering Dutch Hyacinths, and quite distinct from the French Romans, and excellent for 
growing in pans, pots or boxes, in soil or prepared fibre, blooming early and freely. They may be planted close together in the pans, 
pots or boxes, or in beds in the open ground, with charming effect. The bulbs we offer average 5 inches in circumference, and must 
not be confounded with smaller unnamed sorts. 
Gertrude. Deep rose. La Grandesse. Snow white. 
Gigantea. Soft blush or shell pink. L’Innocence. Purest white. — 
La Victoire. Brilliant rosy-crimson. Grand Maitre. Deep porcelain-blue. 
3 King of the Blues. Rich, deep blue. 
General Vetter. Creamy blush white Queen of the Blues. Silvery azure-blue 
Price. Any of the above named varieties, 12 cts. each; $1.25 per doz.; $8.50 per 100; $75.00 per 1000. Prices of each, doz. and 100, 
postpaid. Forwarding charges at 1000 rate at customers’ expense. 
