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made during the last twenty-five years, but I feel sure it will 

 require another twenty-five years before all the old and worthless 

 varieties have disappeared and other and better varieties have 

 taken their places. 



There have always been men whose aim it was to raise 

 seedlings improved as well in shape as in colour. During the 

 last few years a desire is also observed to raise earlier sorts. A 

 man who has caused his name to be not easily forgotten amongst 

 Dutch bulb-farmers of this century is Mr. van der Vinne. He 

 introduced more novelties into the trade than any other man. 

 Amongst the varieties which we owe him we may mention : — 



Double Bed. — Mary de Medicis (Princess Louise). 



Double Rose. — Venus de Medicis. 



Double White. — Van Hobooken. 



Single Bed. — Gertrude, Lina, Incomparable. 



Single White. — La Grandesse, L 'Innocence, La Neige. 



Single Blue. — Czar Peter, Lord Derby. 



All these varieties we know are, up to the present time, very 

 difficult to beat, and all of them have in a short time taken the 

 position of leading sorts. In every Hyacinth show you are sure 

 to find one or more specimens of these varieties. 



After Mr. van der Vinne came Mr. J. H. Veen, to whom we 

 owe also a good many novelties, such as : — 



Double Bed. — Koh-i-noor, Susanna Maria, Princess Alexandra. 



Double White. — Princess Alice. 



Single Bed. — Lord Macaulay, Cavaignac, Garibaldi, Howard, 

 Linnaeus, Prince Albert Victor, Von Schiller, Vuurbaak. 



Single White. — Leviathan. 



Single Blue. — General Havelock, Blondin. 



Single Yellow. — King of the Yellows, Bird of Paradise. 



To Mr. Veen we owe the best of the dark reds which we 

 have in commerce, and as it has been proved to be very difficult 

 to get size and dark red colour combined, it was a happy 

 thought of Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons to call a new single blue 

 variety, which was shown and certificated in 1883 at both the 

 Koyal Horticultural and Royal Botanic Societies' Exhibitions, 

 after him, by giving it the name of Souvenir de J. H. Veen. 

 After Mr. Veen's death there were only a few firms left who 

 troubled themselves about seedlings. Amongst the varieties of 

 later years which we consider worthy improvements on the old 

 varieties, we notice : — 



