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Carters’ Single and Double Hyacinths. 
THE CULTIVATION 
**OuT-DOOR." — Plant from September until December. The crown of the bulb should be 
four inches below the surface of the ground. Plant in sandy loam, or in any free garden soH, 
For Drawing Room, Greenhouse, or Conservatory, begin potting in September for an 
early bloom, and if a succession is required, at intervals until the end of the year. The best 
soil is a friable sandy loam with a little leaf mould and roiten dung. Cultivators usually put 
a little sand under the bulb, which should show its apex just above the level of the soil after 
being potted. When potting is complete let the pots be placed on a dry level bottom of coal 
ashes in an open place and covered over to a depth of from six to eight inches above the 
bulbs, with decayed leaves, sand, or old tanner's bark, leaving it rather higher in the centre 
than at the sides, so as to throw off heavy rains ; or a few boards or a tarpaulin will be useful 
for the same purpose, as the soil in the pots will absorb as much moisture from the ground as 
the bulbs require. If placed in such a bed from the beginning of September to the middle 
of October, the bulbs will have a temperature ranging from 50 to 55 degrees, which, in soil 
not over-wet, will promote a healthy vegetation. In from eight to ten weeks the pots will 
be getting crammed with roots, and before that time it is vain to attempt to force them to 
produce good flower stems. When wanted in full bloom by Christmas and the New Year, 
those pots full of roots and showing the truss through the incipient leaves, should be selected, 
placed at first in a shady part of a greenhouse, so that the blanched foliage may not be hurt, 
and in a few days remove to a forcing pit where a mild bottom-heat can be given to the 
plunged pots of from 70 to 75 degrees, and a top*heat of from 60 to 6$ degrees. Here the 
OP THE HYACINTH. 
plants must be gently shaded until the leaves become quite green. The pots, though 
plunged, should be set upon slates, boards, or anything that will prevent the roots from 
entering the plunging medium, whether tan, leaves, etc. The extra bottom-heat is a great 
means of success at this early period. Until moved from the bed very little watering will be 
needed. Whenever the stem shows the least sign of being too much drawn, so as to leave 
an excess of room between the individual flowers, gradually lower the temperature in which 
the plants are placed. When the flower-stem and leaves are all that could be desired, and 
the flowers are approaching the opening, raise the pots out of the plunging medium, and even 
keep cooler by more air ; now the bulbs will require a free supply of water. The bulbs may 
also be grown in any sitting or dining room in the same way, requiring only that a damp 
atmosphere should be kept about them ; and light is not wanted until they are progressing 
freely. The bulbs, when potted, will do well in the bottom of a cupboard if set in damp moss 
or anything of that kind, and a small portion of the same sprinkled over them. In 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 lodged in the glasses, the bulbs should be put in some cool 
place where light is excluded— say a cupboard — there to remain 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 occasion- 
ally, and a small lump of charcoal kept at the bottom. From the time the flower begins to 
show, the more light and air are given the better. 
TboM marked ** b.” are epeolallF adapted for bUbltlon. 
Dark Blue, Black, Purple, Mauve, and Violet. 
Si. Anna Bolena, dark blue, splendid 
Bx.ArgruS, rich purple, white eye 
Arnold Prinsen, bright violet, fine truss 
Baron van Tuyil, violet blue, fine truss 
Ez.BleU Mourant, fine dark blue 
Captain Boyton, dark sky blue ... 
Christy Minstrel, black blue, fine truss 
Distinction, dark purple, black lines 
Ei, Feruck Khan, purple, magnificent truss 
General Havelock, deep black purple 
Hamlet, dark purplish blue 
Haydn, claret, mauve tint, extra fine spike 
Bi. King of the Blacks, purplish black 
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Ex. King of the Blues, dark blue, extra fine 
Ex. Laurens Koster, double, purple, fine 
Lord Hartington, purplish mauve... 
Marie, purple, blue striped, splendid spike 
Ex. Masterpiece, magnificent black blue 
Ex. Mimosa, dark purple, beautiful 
Pasquin, double lilac, black centre ... 
Ex. Prince Albert, double, black purple 
Prince of Saxe Weimar, dark purple 
Siam, silky black, neat truss 
Tollins, splendid claret, extra fine ... 
William the First, purplish black... 
Ex. Zulu King, splendid silky black 
Light Blue, Azure, Lavender, Lilac, and Porcelain. 
BlOCksberg, double, clear porcelain 
Blondln, fine porcelain, tipped purple 
Ex. Charles Dickens, porcelain, fine truss 
Ex. Couronne de Celle, pale blue, large bells 
Czar Peter, light porcelain lilac 
Ex. De Candolle, lilac, magnificent truss 
Garrick, double, dark lavender, shaded 
General Antlnk, double, light blue 
Ex. Grand Lilas, lilac, splendid large truss 
£1. Grand Maltre, one of the finest blues 
Ex. Leonidas, pale porcelain, very distinct 
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Ex. Lord Chelmsford, porcelain, fine truss ... 
Ex. Lord Derby, splendid blue 
Lothair, pale blue-shaded mauve, large 
Murillo, double, magnificent pale blue ... 
OrondatUS, porcelain blue, large bells 
Ex. Pieneman, magnificent bells, good truss ... 
Premier Gladstone, pale blue, extra 
Prince de Talleyrand, silvery grey 
Ex. Princess Mary of Cambridge, indigo .;. 
Queen of the Blues, porcelain, shaded white 
Van Speyk, double, lilac, splendid bells ... 
SINGLE HYACINTH, 
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Dark Red, Crimson, Carmine, Scarlet, and Lake. 
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nx. Amy, deep carmine, fine truss ... ._ _ 0 4 
DiebitZ Sabalkansky, brilliant red, fine truss 0 6 
Etna, brilliant rose, carmine striped ... ... ._ 3 0 
General Pelissier, very deep rich crimson, extra fine 0 9 
L’Africalne, brilliant crimson bronze, splendid 10 
Ex. Linnseus, bright scarlet, large spike 13 
Ex. LTncomparable, finest scarlet, handsome spike 1 Q 
Ex. Lord Macaulay, carmine and rose, splendid 0 8 
Ex. Mars, fine deep red, green tips 0 6 
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Ex. Prince of Wales, rosy crimson, light centre ... 0 10 
Ex. Queen of Hyacinths, beautiful vermilion... ... ... 0 6 
Queen Victoria Alexandrlna, dark crimson o 6 
Reine de Naples, brilliant ruby crimson ... ... ... .« 1 0 
Ex. Robert Steiger, fine crimson, large bdls Q 4 
Ex. Rol des Beiges, vivid scarlet, fine truss -10 
Ex. Solfaterre, orange scarlet, very distinct ... 0 g 
Ex. Von Schiller, fine deep red ... Q g 
Waterloo, double, brilliant red, fine truss 0 6 
“Carters’ Hyacinths amply repay any trouble of onltnre. I have for 
some years grown them in mess, and they have been greatly admired.” 
Mr. R. W. Roake, Addlestone. 
“ The Hyaeinthe from Carters’ last November proved a great enooess. 
Several have had over 60 spikes on one stem.” 
Mr. E. S. Moore, Wembley. 
“ The bedding Hyaointhi I bad last year from Messrs. Carter flowered 
•plendidlyi and were much admired.’’ 
Mrs. G. K. Mahok. Loughrea, 
“The Hyacinth and Tnlip Bulbs from 3. Carter & Co. flowered 
splendidly. I do not snppose there was ever such a show in Callaxder 
before.” J. Loxdale, Esq., Callander. 
We can supply all other Varieties of Hyacinths not included, in this List. 
CARTERS’ BULBS in HYDE PARK in 1888, 1889, 1890, and 1891— see page 8. 
CARTERS’, 237 & 238, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON. 
