186 
TABLE II. — Growth of Hyacinths. 
No. 
Weight of 
Bulb. 
Bate. 
Weight of 
dried bulb 
plant, &c. 
Loss 
per- 
cent. 
Date. 
No, of 
Days’ 
Growth. 
Conditions 
of 
Growth. 
Remarks. 
1 
grains 
888 
1865. 
Oct. 27. 
grains 
330 
62-7 
1865. 
Oct. 29. 
None 
None 
Just germinating. 
2 
960 
380 
60-4 
93 33 
3 
609 
1865. 
Oct, 27. 
160 
73-8 
Mar. 5, 
1866. 
129 
In dark cellar — 
water and air 
only. 
Leaves 6in. long — 
flower stalk lOin. 
long — buds about 
to burst — whole 
plant light yellow. 
4 
5 
835 
671 
1865. 
Oct. 27. 
269 
177 
67-8 
621 
Jan. 31, 
1866. 
Feb. 26, 
96 
122 
In light — water 
and air only. 
Ditto 
Plants 5in. long — 
strong and healthy 
—flower buds ap- 
pearing. 
Leaves lOin. long — 
flowers withered 
and dried. 
Two large spikes of 
flowers, lOin. to 
12in. long — strong 
healthy flowers & 
leaves. 
Green leaves 3in. 
long. 
Green leaves 5in. 
long — buds well 
formed. 
Healthy plant — had 
completed flower- 
ing. 
6 
794 
187 
76-5 
1866. ' 
Mar. 12, 
136 
Ditto 
7 
960 
not 
410 
57-4 
1866. ' 
not 
noted 
Ditto 
8 
890 
noted 
320 
64-2 
Ditto 
9 
1020 
240 
76-5 
Ditto .......... 
TABLE III.— Growth of Crocus. 
No. 
Weight of 
the Fresh 
Bulb. 
Date. 
| Weight of 
Dried Bulb, 
| Plant, &c. 
Loss 
per 
Cent. 
Date. 
No. of 
Days’ 
growth. 
Conditions of 
growth. 
Remarks, 
grains 
grains 
1 
150 
Oct. 20, 
88 
42-4 
Oct. 20, 
None. 
None, 
Just sprouting. 
1865. 
1865. 
2 
116 
33 
70 
39-7 
33 
33 
33 
33 93 
In Darkness. 
3 
148 
Oct. 20, 
82 
44-6 
Jan. 22, 
94 
Earth and cocoa 
4 inches long — plant 
1865. 
1866. 
fibre. 
yellow — otherwise 
healthy. 
In Light. 
4 
116 
Oct. 20, 
57-5 
50-5 
Dec. 20, 
61 
Earth and cocoa 
4in. long — slightly 
1865. 
1865. 
fibre. 
singed in drying. 
5 
HI 
46 
58‘6 
Jan. 17, 
89 
Ditto. 
4in. long — flowers 
1866. 
just formed in 
sheath. 
6 
126 
62-5 
50-4 
Jan. 26, 
98 
Ditto. 
Diseased. 
1866. 
7 
115 
53 
54-7 
Mar. 3, 
134 
In diffused light, 
7in. long. 
1866. 
in cellar, earth 
and cocoa fibre. 
