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35. Ida : good clear yellow ; bold spike. 



36. Victor Hugo : pale clear yellow ; neat arid pleasing. 



37. William IV. .- straw colour, with deep red stripe, in the way of Due de Malakoff) but 



not equal to it. 



§ VII. — WHITE; 



38. Bridal Bouquet : dwarfish ; pure white, with large flowers and broad reflexed segments. 



39. Mont Blanc ; pure white, moderately large ; fine spike, smoother than Baix de V Europe. 



40. Baix de V Europe : pure white, bold and good ; an effective flower. 



§ VIII. — LAEGE-BLOWEBED WHITE. 



41. Alba Maxima i pure white, good, broad segments ; approaching Snowball in sbape. 



42. Madame Van der Hoop : pure white ; magnificent bells, and good spike ; one of 



the finest. 



43. Miss Burdett Coutts : nearly pure white with a pale blush streak ; large smooth finely- 



formed bells, and broad segments. 



44. Queen of the Netherlands : pure white, large. 



45. Snowball : creamy- white, broad nearly equal segments ; tbe finest of all Hyacinths for 



shape and substance, and one of the largest. 



§ IX. — 1ABGE -BBOWEBED BET/SB. 



46. Elfrida : large bells, blush- white ; good and effective. 



47. Grandeur a Merveille : blush, large bells, fine. 



48. Tubceflora : blush stained with red at base of tube outside ; large bells ; fine. 



§ X. — EABGE-FLOWEKED PINK. 



49. Norma : pale waxy-pink, large bells ; beautiful but not so durable as some. 



§ XI. — LABG-E-ELOWEBED BLUE. 



50. Couronne de Celle : pale blue, very large bells ; rather lax foliage, but effective flower. 



51. Grand Lilas : large bells, pale blue, very fine habit j effective every way, 



52. Grand Vedette : pale blue, large bells. 



These are all good Hyacinths, fine in colour, in habit, or in shape, and for 

 the most part ranking high in respect to all these qualities combined. Some 

 of them are doubtless expensive, if, indeed, they are procurable. I should fix 

 on the undermentioned as the very best among them : — 

 § 1. Howard, Macaulay, Peine des Jacintb.es, § 7. Mont Blanc. 



Victoria Alexandrina. § 8. Madame Van der Hoop, Alba Maxima, 



§ 2. Cavaignac, Koh-i-noor, Princess Char- Snowball. 



lotte, Sultan's Favourite. § 9. Elfrida, Grandeur a Merveille, Tubfe- 



§ 3. General Havelock, Prince Albert. flora. 

 § 4. Argus, Baron Van Tuyll. § 10. Norma, 



§ 5. Haydn, Prince of Wales. § 11. Grand Lilas. 



§ 6. Due de Malakoff, Ida. 



As good cheap showy sorts fit to grow in quantities for general decoration, 

 either in pots or glasses, I should strongly recommend Lady Sale, Robert 

 Steiger, Duchess of Richmond, Sultan's Favourite, Prince Albert, Baron Van 

 Tuyll, L' Unique, Queen of the Netherlands, Madame Van der Hoop, Grandeur 

 a Merveille, Norma, Grand Lilas. 



London. jyf_ 



SMOOTH CAYENNE PINE. 

 Your correspondent Mr. D. Thomson seems much surprised at my con- 

 demnation of this Pine, and thinks I cannot have got the true variety. In my 

 remarks (see page 43), I said, " With good management, when they show at a 

 good season, they will bear very fine handsome fruit. We have grown most 

 beautiful fruit of both kinds for years, and have obtained many prizes with 

 them : still our candid opinion is against them." Then follow the reasons 

 why I thought them not worthy of extensive cultivation. I never considered 

 it anything very extraordinary to cut from 11 -inch pots fruit weighing from 

 6 to 9 lbs. It is a very strong-rooting and free-growing variety, and is 



