HYACINTHS. 
tJnl Hyacinth can be planted in the open ground from October 
Bou^d °' '° ^''""""^ '^'"'''"^ °P^°' '"'^ the buJba 
Soil and Planting in Borders. — \x,y good -arden soil with a 
mixture of sand, well decomposed manure anS leaf mould will 
^^ZZ' t'^kmg care to place a little sand about the base of the bulb, 
plantmg them two or three mclies deep, according to size ; belore 
leaves" ' ' ""^ ''e^ayed 
^Alf^"':'- thoroughly prepared soil, placing the bulb 
so that Its point shall remain just above the eurfoceof the soU. 
leaving this about hree quarters of an inch lower than tlie rim of 
each pot to adm.tol judicious watering during the season of bloom 
J<or a succession ot bloom they can be potted weekly from Sen- 
teraber to Januaiy. Alter potting, place in a cool dark frame or 
cellar, covering the pots to the deptli of a few inches witli tan or 
leat mould and encourage a proper root development before thev 
commence their growth, which will require from six to ein-ht weeks 
wl^i "^ ^? removed to a warm room, watering sparingly 
until the flower stem developes. 
r.uli^u^-'rV"'? glasses, the bulbs should be so 
placed that only the base of each touches tlie water, then placed in 
a closet or side recess, kept cool and screened from the lii-lit until 
the roots are considerably developed, after which they can be 
exposed to the sunlight. Many of the line single Ho wercd varieties 
Of Hyacinths are more eflective than the double ones, and as a 
general rule, succeed better than the latter in glasses. 
SIWGIiB RED -VARIOUS SHADES. 
Each. 
Agnes, dark red, .30 
Ainiihion, dark red, .30 
Apclius, dark red, .25 
Belle Quidne, pale flesh, striped, .20 
Berzclias, fine, .40 
Cliai ilaus, dark rod, .2.5 
Emilius, rose, .25 
Emmcline, rose, .30 
Gigantea, liplit rose, .30 
Goldsmith, dark rose, .25 
Hacklandcr, dark red, .25 
Hersteldo Vrcde, dark red, .20 
La Dame du Lac, deep rose,. 30 
Longfellow, new, .30 
Maria Theresa, deep rose, 2(1 
Minister Thoriicckc, rose, .30 
Mons. Faesch, crimson, 25 
Nimiod, '25 
Norma, rose, '25 
Orncment do la Nature, rose AS 
Princess Anue, dark red, ' '30 
Queen Victoria Alexandrina, 
dark red, 20 
Rose Blandiiia, rose, .'30 
Rossini, dark red, '35 
Sans souci, dark red, "30 
Seiniramis, dark red, 26 
Sunplon, ros«, '20 
