CHOICE NAMED HYACINTHS FOR POTS OR GLASSES. 
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HYACINTHS. 
FOR CULTURE IN POTS, GLASSES AND JARDINETS. 
ear The * indicates the varieties best suited for forcing and 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 or cocoa fibre ; let them remain till the pots are 
full of roots, which is usually six to eight weeks from the time of potting. To secure a succession of flowers, 
remove a portion of the Hyacinths from under the covering say once a fortnight. If very early flowers are required, 
force gently, and give abundance of water at the roots j but, to secure large finely developed trusses and rich 
colours, in preference to very early flowers, the Hyacinth must not be forced, but the pots, 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 there to develope their 
flowers gradually and naturally, giving water regularly and freely ; as failures, for the most part, arise from 
allowing the soil to become dry, and the rootlets in consequence injured. Abundance of air should be given, 
but a dry atmosphere and a draughty situation should be sedulously avoided. 
If the Hyacinth is cultivated in glasses of water the base of the bulb should just touch the water, and a little 
charcoal should be placed in the glass to keep tlie water sweet. We, however, prefer filling the glasses with 
prepared Cocoa Fibre and Charcoal (for which see p. 47). The glasses, if possible, 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, 3 . 
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 + denotes the double varieties. These, with very few exceptions, are unsuit,able for growing in glasses, 
and jardinets, or for forcing. Those we offer are, however, the very best of the doubles, and should be grown 
only 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. 
omr The hoo Premier Frizes 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, 
WEleh are only such as have proved to bo the most worthy of cultivation ; and the bulbs have all been 
carefully selected for us by the best and most experienced Dutch g;rowers. 
£ s.d. - 
269 100 extra choice exhibition Hyacinths... 660 
2T0 50 „ „ ,. 330 
271 25 ,. 25/ & I IS o 
272 12 ,, ., ,, •< tsl & I I o 
273 100 extra fine varieties of Hyacinths ... S S ° 
274 50 220 
276 25 extra fine varieties of Hyacinths ... 
276 12 ,, ., ,, ,, ,. 10/6 & 
277 100 very fine, in 50 varieties „ 
278 so ,, „ 2S ,, „ 
279 2S ,. ,, 2S „ 
280 12 ,, ,, 12 ,, ,, 7/6 & 
s. 
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THE SOFTER AND MORE DELICATE SHADES OF RED, SUCH AS ROSE, ROSE-PINK, BLUSH, Etc. 
each — j. d. 
281 fAlida Catlierlna, rose, fine truss o 6 
282 fBouquet Royal, blush rose, with pink eye, 
long handsome truss, ex o 8 
283 +Clty of London, rose, very large, ex i 6 
rosy pink, fine truss, o 9 
285 +Duke of Wellington, light rose, large 
compact handsome truss, ex o 9 
2^^ rose, splendid ttuss, o 8 
287 pale pink, striped carmine, large 
bells and large spike, ex i o 
288 'i'Grootvorst, blush, large compact truss, ex. o 6 
289 *Giganteu 8 , blush, large compact truss, ex. o 8 
290 *Lady Palmerston, rose, large truss, ex.... i 6 
291 fLady Wellington, rose, with purple eye... o 9 
292 *L’Ornement de la Nature, delicate rose, 
striped pink, large truss, ex o 10 
293 *La Prophfete, rose-pink, striped carmine, 
handsome truss, ex i o 
294 *Lord Wellington, blush, striped light car- 
mine, large bells, fine Uuse, tx o 8 
THE RICHER AND DEEPER SHADES OF RED, SUCH AS CARMINE, CRIMSON, SCARLET, LAKE, PINK, Etc. 
each—/* 
296 '^Madame salmon-rose, striped 
pink, large compact truss, ex i 
296 *Mons. de Foescll, delicate pink, fine truss, 
o 
297 fNotole par Merlte,y?tf^A, shaded pink, large 
bells, compact truss, ex o 
298 *Norma, satin-rose, handsome, ex o 
299 fPrince of Orange, light red, fine truss ... o 
300 +Princess Alexandra, rose, ex i 
301 ^Princess Cnarlotte, beautiful rose-pink, 
large compact U uss, ex i 
302 *Princ 088 Helena, beautiful rose-pink, large 
compact truss, ex i 
303 tSusanna Marla, bright rose-pink, fine 
bells, large compact truss, ex i 
304 ^Sultan’s Favourite, delicate rose, striped 
pink, handsome truss, ex o 
305 *Tub 20 florU 8 , blush, sir iped pink, immense 
bells, handsome truss, ex o 
d. 
306 *Amy, scarlet, handsome truss, ex o 
307 *Appeliu8, light crimson, fine, ex o 
308 *Beauty of Waltham, carmine, white 
centre {new), ex 4 
309 *Belle Quirlne, blush, striped pink, fine ... o 
310 fBouquetTendre (Waterloo), chang- 
ing to deep red, very fioriferous o 
311 tDlsraell, deep red, large trtiss {new), ex... i 
312 *Duches 8 of Richmond, salmon, striped 
pink, very fine truss, ex o 
313 ^Frederick the Great, semi-double, bright 
pink, fine full truss, ex i 
12 and 13 , King Street, Covent Garden, 1879 .] 
314 *Qarlbaldi, bright scarlet, large splendid 
truss {new), ex 7 6 
315 *G^ant des Roses, beautiful rose, large 
handsomet russ, ex r o 
316 ^Howard, rick scarlet, handsome, ex 2 6 
317 scarlet, changing to orange ... i 3 
318 tKoh-l-noor, bright salmon-pink, large 
truss, model form, semi-double, ex 3 6 
319 *L’Aml du Coeur, bright pink o 6 
320 *La Dame du Lac, rose-pink, fine truss, ex. o 9 
321 *L’Etlncellant, very bright crimson-scarlet, 
large compact truss, ex i o 
