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HYACINTHS. 
Cultural Hints. — Almost any good soil and situation suit these popular plants. 
The best season for planting runs from September to the end of November. A few spare bulbs should always be 
planted separately to replace failures in the beds from vermin or other causes. A bed or border that has produced a heavy 
show of summer-flowering plants needs renovating between tbe time they are lifted and the planting of the bulbs. The soil 
should be loosened and turned over, and a quantity of well-rotted stable manure incorporated— that taken from an old 
cucumber or marrow bed is suitable. Tbe whole should then be levelled and made firm, and the bulbs put in as follows : — 
If the bed or border is square or oblong it is best to commence at one end, and make a trench the requisite depth — say 4 in. — 
straight across. Into this place tbe bulbs at tbe proper intervals — say 6 in. — or if it is intended to plant tulips, daffodils, and 
narcissus alternately in the row, the bulbs should be put equidistant. 
The time to begin potting the Hyacinth is early in September if a good and continuous succession is lequired. The 
best soil is a friable loam with a little leaf-mould and old stable manure. The 48-pot (5 in. across the top) will take one bulb 
nicely and larger sires from two to three bulbs. Place the bulb, with a little silver sand underneath it, in the centre, so that 
when firmly planted in the soil the top will just be exposed. When the potting is completed, let the pots be placed on a level 
bottom of coal ashes in a frame or other open space, put a small inverted pot over the top of tbe bulb, and cover tbe whole to 
a depth of from 6 to 8 in. with more ashes, cocoanut fibre, or decayed leaves, and there let them remain. If placed in such a 
pit from the beginning of September, in from six to eight weeks the pots will be getting crammed with roots, and before that 
time it will be vain to attempt to force them to produce good (lowering stems. 
Early White Roman Hyacinths in Pots, and cultivated in Decorated Bowl. 
EARLY WHITE ROMAN HYACINTHS. 
Roman Hyacinths are exceedingly popular on account of their earliness, the succession that can be kept up by judicious 
plantings, the abundance of sweetly perfumed (lowers, and their value for decoration in pots, baskets, or vases at seasons 
when white flowers are scarce. To have them in flower by Christmas they should be started early in September. 
For their culture in bowls and room gardening, see /•age 34. 
Carters Mammoth Bulbs.— Specially selected. 14 cm. and over ... Per do/.., .85 ; per 100, 5.50 ; per 1,000, 30.00 
Carters First Size Bulbs.— Good flowering. 12 to 15 cm Per do/., .65 ; per 100, 4.25 ; per 1,000, 37.50 
For a succession of bloom the following are recommended to come in two weeks later than the White Roman 
Hyacinths : — 
Carters Early White Italian Hyacinths Per doz., .45; per 100, 3.00 
Autumn Soloing . — One of the best seasons to commence the operation of making a lawn is as soon as possible after the 
break-up of the hot summer weather, with the intention of sowing, if possible, at the end of August or during I he early days of 
September. The soil is warm at the end of summer, and an abundance of rain and dew may be expected, which is very 
beneficial to the growth of the seed, and the young grass will have ample time to become well established before the real cold 
weather sets in. — Carters Book on Lawns. Post free from Boston. 
CARTERS TESTED SEEDS. Inc., 102-106 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BLDG., BOSTOH, MASS. 
