CHOICE NAMED HYACINTHS FOR POTS OR GLASSES. 
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HYACINTHS. 
FOR CULTURE IN POTS, GLASSES, JARDINETS, AND FOR EXHIBITION. 
83?- The * indicates the varieties best suited for forcing, or for growing in glasses, jardinets, and other 
elegant contrivances. 
Immediately after potting, which may be done from September to December, place out of doors on a bed of 
ashes, and cover the pots with six inches of the same material, but a covering of cocoa fibre is preferable ; there 
let the pots remain till full of roots, which will usually be from six to eight weeks. If very early flowers are 
required, pot in September, and commence to force gently in December, giving abundance of water ; but if large 
finely developed trusses and rich colours are preferred to very early flowers, the Hyacinth must not be forced, but 
when removed indoors, should be placed on the shelf of a greenhouse, in a sitting-room window, or in a cold frame, 
close to the glass, always in the most genial and sunniest situation at command, and the plants allowed 
to develope their flowers gradually and naturally, water being given regularly and freely, or in preference a 
covering of cocoa fibre ; as it is well known to cultivators that failures, for the most part with Hyacinths, arise 
from allowing the soil to become dry, when the rootlets are in consequence injured. Abundance of air is 
necessary, but a dry atmosphere and a draughty situation should be sedulously avoided. To maintain a 
succession of flowers, remove from under the covering a portion of the Hyacinths once a fortnight from the 
middle of December to middle of February. 
If the Hyacinth is cultivated in glasses, the base of the bulb should just touch the water, and a little 
charcoal should be placed in the glass to keep the water sweet. We, however, prefer filling the glasses with 
prepared Cocoa Fibre and Charcoal (for which see p. 47). The glasses should be kept in a room without a fire, 
or better still in a greenhouse, and always in the sunniest and lightest situation at command till the flower spike 
is developed. This attained, place the glasses where the flowers are most desired. For new Hyacinth Glasses, 
chastely decorated, see p. 48. 
When the Hyacinth is cultivated in jardinets, associated with other early-flowering bulbs, such as Scilla 
sibirica, Tulips, Snowdrops, Crocus, Narcissus, Iris reticulata, &c., B. & S.’s prepared "Cocoa Fibre and 
Charcoal " should invariably be used (see p. 47), taking care that the preparation is kept moist and the surface 
covered with green carpet moss. 
The f denotes the double varieties. These, with very few exceptions, are unsuitable for growing in glasses, 
and jardinets, or for forcing. Those quoted are, however, the finest of the doubles, and are best grown in pots. 
The “ ex” indicates the varieties which produce the finest flowers, and cultivators of the Hyacinth for 
exhibition would do well to select from those only. 
£47- The two Premier Prizes for Hyacinths were awarded to us by the Royal Botanic Society at their 
Exhibition of March, 1877. 
The superiority of single over double Hyacinths may be best estimated by a visit to the Metropolitan and 
Provincial Hyacinth Exhibitions, where the proportion shown of single to double flowers is about fifty to one. 
If any of the under-mentioned "Selections" are chosen, and it is stated they are for glasses, jardinets, or 
exhibition, single kinds will be sent. If not specified, the selection will include a proportion of double varieties. 
OUR OWN SELECTIONS FROM THE FOLLOWING SPLENDID NAMED HYACINTHS, 
Which are only such as have proved to be the most worthy of cultivation ; the bulbs have all been 
carefully selected from the bulb farms of the best and most experienced Dutch growers, 
311 100 extra choice exhibition Hyacinths. . . 
312 5® ,, u 11 i» 
313 2 s „ „ „ „ 25/ & 
314 12 ,, „ „ ,, 15/ & 
316 100 extra fine varieties of Hyacinths ... 
316 50 
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317 25 extra fine varieties of Hyacinths ... 1 1 
318 12 „ „ „ .1 •• 10/6 & o 12 
319 100 very fine, in 50 varieties 3 10 
320 50 ,, ,, 25 ,, 11 * it 
321 25 „ „ 25 „ „ o 17 
322 12 „ ,, 12 „ „ 7/6 & o 9 
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THE SOFTER AND MORE DELICATE SHADES OF RED, SUCH AS ROSE, ROSE-FINK, BLUSH, Etc. 
each — i, 
323 * Agnes, rick rosy red, fine truss o 9 
324 fAlida Catherina , rose, fine truss o 6 
325 *Bella Donna, delicate rose , pink striped, 
large truss , ex 1 6 
326 fBouquet Royal, blush rose, with pink eye, 
long handsome truss, ex o 8 
327 +City of London, rose, very large, ex 1 6 
328 *Cosmo3, rich rosy pink, fine truss, ex o 9 
329 fDuhe of Wellington, fine light rose, large 
compact kandsome truss, ex o 8 
330 *Emmeline, rose, splendid ttuss, ex o 6 
331 *FabiOia, fine rose-pink, striped carmine, 
large bells and large spike, ex 1 o 
332 *G<5ant des Roses, beautiful rose, large 
handsome truss, ex 1 o 
333 fGrootvorst, blush, large compact truss, ex. o 6 
334 *Giganteu8, blush, large compact truss, ex. o 8 
335 *Lady Palmerston, rose, striped deep pink, 
large truss, ex 1 6 
THE RICHER AND DEEPER SHADES OF RED, SUCH AS CARMINE, CRIMSON, SCARLET, LAKE, PINK, Etc. 
each — s, 
336 *L 'Adorable, rose, carmine striped , fine 
compact truss, ex o 
337 ‘L'Ornement de la Nature, delicate rose, 
striped pink, large truss, ex o 
338 *La Dame du Lac, rose-pink, fine ttuss, ex. o 
339 *La Joyeuse, rose-pink, large truss, ex. ... i 
340 "La Prophete, rose-pink, striped carmine, 
handsome truss, ex I 
341 fNoble par Merlte, rose, shaded pink, large 
bells, compact truss, ex o 
342 ‘Norma, satin-rose, handsome, ex o 
343 tPrince of Orange, light red, fine truss ... o 
344 ‘Princess Charlotte, beautiful rose-pink, 
large compact t> uss, ex I 
346 ‘Princess Helena, beautiful rose-pink, large 
compact truss, ex I 
346 ‘Sultan’s Favourite, delicate rose, striped 
pink, handsome truss, ex o 
347 +The First, salmon-pink, large bells. . 
348 ‘Amy, scarlet, fine truss, ex o 6 
349 ‘Cavalgnac, salmon, striped, deep rose, very 
large truss, ex i ro 
350 tDlsraell (Improved Bouquet Tendre),deep 
red, large truss (new), ex i o 
361 ‘Duchess of Richmond, salmon, striped 
pink, very tine truss, ex o 8 
352 fFrederick the Great, semi-double, bright 
pink, fine full truss, ex i 3 
353 ‘Garibaldi, rich crimson, large splendid 
truss (new), ex • 7 6 
354 ‘Gertrude, rose-carmine, fine compact truss, 
ex „ ° 10 
12 and 13, King Street, Covent Garden , 1881. 
355 ^Howard, rich scarlet, handsome truss, ex. 
356 ^Incomparable, rich glittering crimson , 
fine compact truss, ex. i 3 
357 * Josephine, scarlet, changing to orange ... 1 o 
358 ^Koh-i-noor, bright salmon-pink , large 
truss, model form, semi-double, ex 3 6 
359 *L’Etlncellante, very bt ight crimson-scarlet, 
large compact truss, ex 1 o 
360 *La Fiancee Royale, rose, large truss, ex. o 10 
361 *Llna, bright scarlet, full truss, ex. 1 3 
362 *Lord Macaulay, carmine, changing to 
vivid crimson-scarlet, large truss, ex.... 1 3 
363 ^Linnaeus, bright orange-red, fine spike, ex. 2 3 
