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FLOWER ROOTS— Hyacinths. 
gardeners in the extensive practice of this delightful little phase of room gardening. If good bulbs are procured, 
there should be little difficulty in growing Hyacinths in glasses. The single kinds only should be used, because they 
are hardier, earlier, and in every way preferable for glasses. The water should not be allowed to touch the bulb, 
though very close to it, and rain or soft water should be used. When placed in the glasses, the bulbs should be put 
in some cool place where light is excluded — say a cupboard — there to remain for five or six weeks, and when the 
roots are well developed, and the swelling bud and spike starting freely, they may be gradually inured to the full light. 
The water should not be changed, but filled up occasionally, and a small lump of charcoal kept at the bottom. From 
the time the flowers begin to show, the more light and air is given the better. Some place a very little guano in the 
water, but they may be well grown without any dilution of the kind. It would bo invidious to select where all are 
beautiful ; all the fine kinds in cultivation will be found described and priced in our lists. 
SINGLE AND DOUBLE HYACINTHS BY NAME. 
*er it is sometimes supposed by the inexperienced that the best Hyacinths are thoso which produce double flowers. 
We think it right to state that the contrary is very often the case, and it is a fact that there are many more varieties 
of single Hyacinths which produce a tine free truss of bloom than there are of double varieties. 
A flagger (f) indicates the double varieties. 
An asterisk (*) signifies that the bulb to which it is prefixed is proper for pots or the open borders. 
Two asterisks (**) that it is suitable for pots , glasses, or baskets, and the open borders. 
Those without an asterisk attached me cannot recom mend as sorts producing large trusses of bloom, the greater part of 
them are, however, novel and distinct in colour. 'These should be grown in pots. 
Dark Blue and Purple. 
Each — s. 
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**Anua Bolcna, beautiful, dark blue, fine truss. 
*Argus, rich purple, white eye 
“* Baron Humboldt, rich black violet 2 
““Baron van Tnyll, violet blue, f no truss 0 
**BIen Mouraut, ,_/?«£■ dark blue 0 
t**Bride of Lammermoor,Ji»« dark purple .... 0 
Coour Blanc, violet, white eye 1 
•“Emicus. indigo, white centre 0 
••Feruck Khan, dark purple, magnificent truss 7 
**General Havelock, deep black purple 5 
••General Lauriston, deep blue, white centre 1 
King of Siam, black purple 0 
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t**Koning van Wurtemburg.yfnr dark blur. 
fKroon van Indien, dark 
“•L’Ami du Coour, dark, fine thick truss 
f**La Charmante, dark purple 
Each — s. 
*La Nuit, rich silky black purple, fine truss . ... 1 
+*Laurens Koster, intense purple, fine truss .... 1 
(■““Louis Philippe, deep violet, shaded 2 
**L’Unique, crimson purple, very distinct 0 
••Mimosa, dark purple, beaut ful 0 
(•Othello, brilliant, silky black purple 1 
(••Prince Albert, black purple, large compact truss, 
fine 5 
“Prince Albert, dark purple, fine truss 0 
f** Prince of Saxe Weimar, davit purple, semi- 
double, fine 0 
States General, indigo 0 
* " Tubal Cain, fine dark purple 0 
““Uncle Tom, silky black, shaded violet 1 
““William I., dark purple, fine truss o 
Light Blue. 
Each- 
tA la Mode, purple eye 
(““Blocksberg, clear porcelain , extra truss 
•♦Charles Dickens, porcelain, splendid truss .... 
••Comble de Gloiro, pale blue, very fine 
t**Comte de St. Priest, lilac, full truss 
(““Cooper, beautiful blue 
••Couroune de Celle, pale blue, fine large bells . . 
Emilius, porcelain 
(“Envoys, pale blue 
t*Garrick, dark lavender, shaded, fine truss .... 
••Graaf von Nassau, light porcelain 
••Grand Lilas, lilac, splendid large truss 
••Grande Vedette, pearl blue, extra, large bells. . 
Iris, agate 
••Leonidas, pale porcelain, very distinct 
(“L’lmportante, very large petals 
••Lord Nelson, porcelain 
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••Lord Raglan , fine porcelain, large truss,. 
(““Lord Wellington, dark porcelain , fine 
tMadame Marmont, lilac and white, distinct . . 
(““Mignon do Dryfhout, lilac and violet, large belt 
■(-••Murillo, magnificent, pale blue 
“Nimrod, porcelain, splendid, truss 
••Orondates, porcelain blue, large bells 
••Oscar, rich porcelain, large truss 
t**Pasquin, porcelain, fine form 
f**Passetout, shaded, good, truss 
(“Prinoe Frederick, beautiful pale lilac 
•“Rcgulus, pale lilac, blue striped, large bells . . 
-(■••Rembrandt, porcelain, dark centre, fine truss . . 
fRndolphus, lilac 
(-•“Sir John Franklin, porcelain, large bells, splendid 
■(■•Van Speyk, lilac, splendid large bells 
(*Zcebergen )t /r«e light blue, large bells 
Dark Bed and Crimson. 
Each — s. 
Ampbion, rich puce 1 
•Amy , deep carmine, fine truss 0 
••Appelius, crimson, large bells 0 
••Charlemagne, fine deep red 0 
•Diebitz Sabalkansky, brilliant red, fine truss 0 
fEclipse, bright scarlet 1 
••Eldorado, bright, scarlet, .fine truss 
••Fireball, deep red, splendid 
••Florence Nightingale, deep red, white border 
•“Jenny Deans, very deep carmine 
•“Jenny Lind, davit red, fine long truss 
t“La Belle Alliance, fine deep red 
**La Victoir e,fine dark 0 
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•L’Eclair, crimson i o 
“•Lord Macaulay, carmine and rose, splendid .. 3 0 
“Mars, fine deep red, green tips (I 8 
(■••Napoleon III., splendid deep red 5 0 
•(Princess Royal, dark red, purple eye 0 9 
("Professor Lindloy, bright red 1 0 
••Queen of Hyacinths, beautiful vermilion .... 3 0 
••Robert Steiger, fine crimson, large bells 0 9 
(““Sans Souci,./<«c dark red 2 0 
(“Sir Joseph Paxton, fine deep red 1 0 
“•Victoria Aloxandrina, dark crimson, large truss 1 6 
**Von Schiller, fine deep red 2 6 
(-““Waterloo, brilliant red, fine truss 0 8 
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