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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Class VI. 
819. HYACIN'THUS. B. M. Hyacinth. 
4874 amethystinus W. Amethyst-col. ?f A or 
4875 orientalis W. gardcfii ^ A or 
820. ZUCCAG'NIA. Thunb. Zcjccagnia. 
4876 viridis Thunb. green ^ lZ^J or 
821. MUSCA'RI. B.M. Grape- hyacinth. 
AspJiodelece. 
f ap.my B 
I mr.ap B 
Asphodelece. 
I au G 
Sp. 2—3. 
S. Europe 1759. 
Levant 1596. 
Sp. 1—2. 
C. G. H. 
O I.p Red.lil. 14 
O r.m Bot. mag. 937 
1774. O I.p Red. lil.203 
4877 moschatum B. M. 
^fiavmn B. M. 
4878 ciliatum Cyr. 
4879 comosum R. L. 
(3 monstrosum 
4880 pallens Fisch. 
4881 botryoides B. M. 
48S2 racemosum B. M. 
822. LACHENAa.IA 
4883 glaucina W. 
4884 orchioides W. 
4885 pallida W. 
4886 hyacintho'ides TV. 
4S87 angustifolia JV. 
4888 contaminata W. 
4889patula W. 
4890 fragrans W. 
4891 un'icolor B. M. 
4892 lucida B. M. 
4893 racemosa B. M. 
4894 pustulata W. 
4895 pui-pureo-ca3rul.6.»; 
4896 nervosa B. M. 
4897 violacea W. 
4898 bifolia B. M. 
4899 rosea B. Rep. 
4900unif6!ia W. 
4901 sessiliflora B. Rep. 
4902 isopetala W. 
4903 tricolor W. 
4904 iuteola Jacq. 
4905 pendula Jacq. 
4906 rubida W. 
4907 quadricolor Jacq. 
4J()8 serotina Jacq. 
musk 
yellow 
ciliated 
purple 
feathered 
pallid 
blue 
starch 
W. Lachenalia. 
Asphodelece. Sp. 6 — 8. 
5 ap.my B Levant 1596. 
5 ap.my G.Y Levant 1596. 
1 my Br.pu Crimea 1822. 
I ap.my B S. Europe 1596. 
i ap.my B S. Europe 1596. 
I my Pa.B Crimea 1822. 
I ap.my B Italy 1596. 
5 ap B Europe 
sea-green 
lAJ 
pr 
Orchis-like 
w 
. A 1 
1 Al 
pr 
pale-flowered 
lAJ 
pr 
Hyacinth-flow. 
lAJ 
pr 
narrow-leaved 
lAJ 
pr 
contaminated 
lAJ 
pr 
spreading-flow. 
lAI 
pr 
sweet-scented 
lA) 
pr 
self-colored 
lAJ 
pr 
glossy-leaved 
lAJ 
pr 
starch 
lAJ 
pr 
blistered 
lAJ 
pr 
purple-blue 
lAJ 
pr 
nerved-leaved 
lAJ 
pr 
violet 
lAI 
pr 
cowled-leaved 
lAJ 
pr 
rose-colored 
lAJ 
pr 
one-leaved 
lAJ 
pr 
sessile-flowered 
lAJ 
pr 
equal-flowered 
lAJ 
pr 
three-colored 
lAI 
pr 
yellow 
lAJ 
pr 
pendulous 
lAJ 
pr 
dotted-flower'd 
lAJ 
pr 
four-colored 
lAJ 
pr 
late 
_J 
4876 
Asphodelece. 
1 mr.ap G.w 
1 f.ap G.Y 
i mr.ap Pa.B 
I mr.ap W.r 
1 ap.my W 
I f.mr Pk 
I ap.my W.pk 
1 mr.my W.r 
I my.jn Pk 
I mr.my Pk 
lA my W.g 
1 ja.ap W.G 
1 ap.my B.p 
f jn Pk 
1 mr.ap L.B 
\ mr.ap Pk 
1' ap.my Pk 
I mr.ap W.b 
I my.jn R 
"f my.jn W.pu 
1 ap.my R.Y 
1 ap.my Y.r 
f mr.my R.Y 
f s.o R 
1 mr.ap Sc.y 
2- au Pk 
Sp. 25—29 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
Spain 
1795. 
1752. 
1782. 
1812. 
1793. 
1774. 
1795. 
1798. 
1806. 
1798. 
1811. 
1790. 
1798. 
1810. 
1795. 
1813. 
1800. 
1795. 
1804. 
1804. 
1774. 
1774. 
1789. 
1803. 
1774. 
1820. 
O s.l 
O s.l 
O s.l 
O s.l 
O s.l 
O s.l 
O s.l 
O s.l 
O s.l 
O s.l 
O s.l 
O s.l 
O s.l 
O s.l 
O s.l 
O s.l 
O s.l 
Bot. mag. 734 
Bot. mag. 1565 
Bot. reg. 394 
Bot. mag. 133 
Moris.s.4.t.ll.f.2 
Bot. mag. 157 
Bot. mag. 122 
Jac. ic. 2. t. 391 
Bot. mag. 1269 
Bot. reg. 287 
Jac. ic. 2. t. 382 
Bot. mag. 735 
Bot. mag. 1401 
Jac. ic. 2. t. 384 
Bot. reg. 302 
Bot. mag. 1373 
Bot. mag. 1372 
Bot. mag. 1517 
Bot. mag. 817 
Bot. mag. 745 
Bot. mag. 1497 
Jac. ic.2. t. 394 
Bot. mag. 1611 
Bot. rep. t. 296 
Bot. mag. 766 
Bot. rep. 460 
Jac. ic. 2. t. 401 
Jac. ic. rar.l.t. 61 
Bot. mag. 82 
B. mag.588. 1097 
Bot. mag. 993 
Bot. mag. 590 
4879 "==^4875 ' 4887 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
819. Hyacinthus. Every one knows the fable of Hyacinthus, who was killed by Apollo and changed to this 
flower. Bochart, however, remarking that the ancients applied the name to a red flower, concludes that the 
Arabic ycigbut, which signifies red, has something to do with the name. A conjecture certainly sufficiently 
learned, but less plausible. 
H. orientalis is the origin of one of our finest florist's flowers, and, like the tulip and narcissus, of a consi- 
derable commerce to the Dutch. It is a native of the East, and abundant about Aleppo and Bagdat, where it 
flowersin February. It seems to have been first cultivated as a flower by the Dutch ; but when is unknown. 
Most probably in the beginning of the sixteenth century, soon after the revival of commerce in the west of Eu- 
rope, when the merchants of Holland traded to the eastern shores of the Mediterranean and the Archipelago. 
About the end of the sixteenth century there were seven or eight varieties known in England. In 1620, 
Swertius, in his Florilegium, figured forty varieties ; Miller says the Haarlem florists in his time (say 1720) 
had above 2000 varieties, and though the passion for this flower has greatly declined, they have still upwards of 
half that number. In England three or four hundred sorts are annually imported from the Dutch florists 
by the seedsmen. 
A fine double hyacinth is characterized by strength and enlargement of all the parts, and by bright distinct 
colors. The fundamental varieties are double, semidouble, single, red, white, purple, blue, and yellow, in 
many different shades and variegations. A variety degenerates in a few years ; but some have existed un- 
deteriorated upwards of a century. Varieties arc raised from seed, and flower the fourth or fifth year : their 
names are after the growers or their patrons, favorite friends, public characters, or the celebrated names of 
history and antiquity. 
The seeds of the hyacinth are sown in October, after they have ripened, or in the following March. They 
remain three years with no other culture than covering with a little earth in autumn, but the fourth season 
they are transplanted into beds, where they remain two or three years longer till all the bulbs have flowered. 
The soil is essentially a very sandy loam and vegetable mould ; and if in forming the beds this soil can be 
made to the depth of two feet, and at the bottom of the bed a layer of six or nine inclies of cow-dung 
