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How to Cultivate the Hyacinth in Water. 
The following hints are simple, but ample. Use clean rain-water, and let it just touch the base of the 
bulbs ; for three or four weeks keep them in a dark, cool situation. Avoid all disturbance of the rootlets; 
therefore, never change the water while it remains sweet. As a purifier, place a piece of charcoal in the 
glass. Never suffer dust to remain on any part of the plant, but remove it daily with a camel-hair 
brush and water. 
How to Cultivate the Hyacinth successfully in Moss. 
At the bottom of the jardinet, &c., lay a handful of charcoal, or^jvhich place clean moss, and firmly 
press it down; or. this plant the bulbs, and cover them with nice green carpet moss. Water overhead, 
with tepid water, two or three times a-wcek, through a fine rose, till the plants are in bloom. 
How to Cultivate the Hyacinth in Pots. 
This is by far the most important method of cultivation. At any stage of growth, tlic Hyacinth can 
be removed from its pot without injury, and arranged either in jardinets, flower-baskets, vases, transferred 
to Hyacinth glasses, or planted in the open border. With a little management, the beauty and delightful 
fragrance of this spring favourite may be enjoyed from the beginning of January to the end of April, 
either in the sitting-room or conservatory. 
A free, porous soil is indispensable, and one composed of equal parts of turfy loam, thoroughly rotted 
cow-dung, and leaf soil, or, instead of the latter, our prepared cocoa-fibre and charcoal, adding about one- 
eighth part of sharp sand, all of which should be well mixed before being used. This compost, however, 
cannot always be commanded ; use instead good garden loam, mixed with silver sand, and our prepared 
Cocoa-Fibre and Charcoal. For one bulb, use a four or four and a-lialf inch pot ; for three bulbs, a five 
and a-half inch pot will be sufficient. At the bottom of the pot place some pieces of potsherd or charcoal, 
and on this some rough pieces of turfy loam, to insure good drainage ; then fill the pot with the prepared 
soil to within an inch of the top, placing the bulb in the centre, or, if three, at equal distances apart, 
pressing them lightly into the soil, and filling up, leaving only the crowns uncovered ; moderately water, 
and place them anywhere out of doors, on coal ashes, or anything that will secure good drainage ; then 
fill the spaces between the pots with coal ashes, leaf soil, old tan, or common cocoa-fibre, and with the 
same material cover the pots over two or three inches. In five or six weeks the pots will be full of roots, 
and may then be removed as required. 
The successful Cultivation of the Hyacinth out of Doors. 
The universal application of this lovely and early spring flower to the decoration of the flower garden, 
illustrates the manner in which the reduction in the price of an in-door popular favourite leads to its 
extensive cultivation in the open ground. 
Well does the Hyacinth deserve the most prominent position both in flower beds and in borders — the 
delightful fragrance, imposing massiveness, exquisite symmetry of its flowers, and perfect certainty of 
blooming, make it at once the most desirable of spring bedding plants. 
If the soil be light or medium, it simply requires to be deeply dug and well worked ; if heavy, besides 
deep digging and well working, the bulbs should be surrounded with sand, or, better still, two good handfuls 
of cocoa-fibre; if wet, or subject to occasional floodings, drain the ground with a series of drains, three feet 
deep and ten feet apai*t, or raise the bed six inches above the general level. When manure is added, 
use thoroughly rotted cow-dung or leaf soil ; and for winter protection cocoa-fibre is best. 
In planting, the crown of the bulb should be four inches under the surface, and to produce a very 
effective display, the bulbs should be planted six inches apart. 
Prepared Cocoa-Fibre and Charcoal for Hyacinth Glasses, China Bowls, small jardinets, 
«fcc., 2s. per peck, Gs. per bushel. Directions how to use the Preparation sent with each parcel. 
Prepared Cocoa-Fibre and Charcoal for large jardinets, vases, fern cases, <fcc., Is. Gd. per peck, 
4s. Gd. per bushel. Directions hoiv to use the Prepai ation sent with each parcel. 
Suitable Charcoal for placing at the bottom of jardinets, vases, plant cases, <fcc., Is. per peck, 3s. per 
bushel. 
Common Cocoa-Fibre, 2s. 6 d. per bushel. Large quantities cheap. 
Nice green Carpet-moss for covering jardinets, <fcc., in lots of Is., Is. Gd., 2s. Gd., 3s. Gd., and 5s. Gd. 
Peat, Leaf-mould, Sand, and Loam, separate or mixed, 3s. Gd. per busheL 
COLLECTIONS OF BULBS. 
All orders amounting to 21s. sent carriage paid.— See Special Notices, p. 2. 
1. — COVBNT GARDEN COLLECTIONS, PART FOR IN-DOOR AND PART FOR OUT-DOOR 
DECORATION. 
Hyacinths, beautiful varieties, for in-door decoration 
„ „ „ for out-door decoration 
Polyanthus Narcissus, for in-door decoration 
Tulips, for in and out-door decoration . 
Jonquils, for in-door decoration . 
Ixias and Sparaxis, for out or in-door decoration 
Crocus, for out-door decoration 
Anemones, „ 
Ranunculus, „ 
Snowdrops, „ 
Garden Narcissus, „ 
Crown Imperials, „ 
Iris, splendid English „ 
Scilla Siberica, yhr in or out-door decoration 
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