HYACINTHS. 
REMARKS ON CULTIVATION. 
HYACINTHS for POT CULTURE may be planted from Sep- 
tember to December, though October is perhaps the best time for pot- 
ting the mass. The soil should be rich and light; good loam, witha 
very liberal mixture of old rotten cow manure, and a little leaf mould 
and sand, will suit them well. Before potting, clear off all small bulbs 
or offsets, place a piece of broken pot over the hole of the pot, and then 
fill with soil, leaving the apex of the bulb just above the surface, and 
press the soil firm. The soil under the bulb should not be pressed _be- 
foreitis planted. After potting, give a good watering, and place them 
in some out-of-the-way corner of the garden, where they can have the 
requisite amount of protection from frost, till they are well rooted, when 
they may be removed to the greenhouse, forcing-house, or drawing- 
room, as may be required, keeping near the light, giving abundance of 
water, and a moderately moist atmosphere. If new pots are used, they 
should be plunged in water at least one or two days before planting the 
bulbs. 
HYACINTHS IN GLASSES.— The water should only just touch 
the base of the bulbs; use pure pond or rain water mixed with two or 
three grains of salt in each glass, to keep the waterclear, changing when 
it becomes foul; but at whatever time it is given, it ought to be of the 
same temperature as the air in which the bulbs are growing. Place 
them in a dark, cool room or closet or cellar for four or five weeks, until 
the roots have grown considerably, when they may be removed to the 
light. Full light, the sunniest situation, and air are very desirable, as 
they keep them dwarf and give full development and brightness to the 
flower and color. On noaccount should they be placed near the fire or 
in a dry atmosphere, as they will not succeed well unless put in a cool 
situation, where frost cannot reach them. Fill up the glasses with wa- 
ter as the level sinks by the feeding of the roots and by evaporation. 
Single Hyacinths are the best for Pot and Glass culture. 
HYACINTHS OUT OF DOORS should be planted from Octo- 
ber till frost sets in. They succeed in any good garden soil. Add some 
two inches of well-rotted manure, dig deep, and plant the bulbs about 
five or six inches apart, with a little sand round them, and three inches 
below the surface, covering during the winter with leaves, straw, or 
pulverized manure, to protect them from frost. No spring flower can 
compete with the Hyacinth in intrinsic beauty, grand and varied effect, 
and delicious fragrance. 
CHOICE UNNAMED HYACINTHS. 
Farquhar’s [Mixtures for Bedding, Forcing, etc. 
All these are sound flowering bulbs, and will be found much superior to those usually 
sold as Mixed Hyacinths, as they comprise free-flowering varieties of the most attractive col- 
ors and shades. Ail are varieties which bloom about the same time and grow of nearly uni- 
form height. 
SINGLE VARIETIES. DOUBLE VARIETIES. 
Each. Doz. Per 100. Each. Doz. Per 100 
Rose and Pink. . . .$0.06$0.60 $3.75 | Roseand Pink. . . .$0.06$0.60 $3.75 
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All Colors, mixed. . . .06 .60 3.75 | AllColors, mixed . . .06 .60 3.75 
Twenty-five of a kind sold at 100 rates; 6 at dozen rates. 
By mail, add 15 cents per dozen, or 2 cents per bulb, for postage. 
NAMED BEDDING HYACINTHS. 
Taking into consideration the fine, solid bulbs we furnish, these are remarkably mod- 
erate in price. 
They are specially adapted for planting in lines, or forcing in pans. Each color being 
pF one effective variety, a most beautiful effect is produced. They comprise the following 
colors : 
Bright Red, White, Blush, Dark Blue, Light Blue, Yellow, Rose, Violet. 
Price, each, 7 cents; dozen, 70 cents; per 100, $4.50. 
By mail, add 20 cents per dozen, for postage. 
