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three to live inches below the surfuca. After the ground 
is frozen, cover to depth of three inches with straw, or 
any material, to prevent constant freezing and thawing. 
This should be moved early tn tne spring to prevent 
drawing the flower stems. 
The bulbs should be planted six inches apart. Where 
• large quantities for brilliant efleots are watited, the 
cheaper grades of Garden Hyacinths will answer all re* 
quiremeiits. 
The flowers may be out freely without injury to the 
bulb. When through flowering remove the tops, and the 
bulbs can be lifted and kept in a dry place for the next 
season’s planting. 
We head our list with Single Hyacinths by design, be- 
cause we consider them more useful and valuable than 
the double varieties. They are better for forcing, more 
vigorous in growth, and produce stronger spikes of 
bloom, which are generally of better substance and are at 
least as beautiful as those of the double sorts. 
NAMED HYACINTHS- 
Price, (except as noted) 20 ots. each: per dozen, 61 75. 
Single Red and Bose. 
Amy. Very fine bright scarlet. 
Cosmos. Pink, large bulb and long spike. 
Gigantea. Gigantic pink spike. 
Le Prophete Pink, large bulb and spike. 
Veronica. Red, fine for forcing. 
Robert Steiger. Very fine dark red, largo spike. 
Single Yellow. 
Herman. Orange yellow, very large bulb. 
La Plui d’Or. Pale yellow. New extia, 25c. 
Ida. Pure yellow, larger tuss. 
DOUBLE HYACINTHS. 
For exhibition purposes aud for growing in pots or 
open ground, the double sorts will be found charming. 
Double Red and Rose. 
Grootvoorst. Very lino blush pink, large truss and bells. 
Noble par Iderite. Very fine pink, grand truss; early; 
Princess Royal. Scarlet, with brown center; tine. 
Dibbitz Sebalkansky. Very Deep Scarlet. 
Rejina Victorin. Rosy, large truss; extra. 
Double White. 
Anna Maria. Blush white, purple center, largo spike; 
extra. 
La Virgenite. Very fine, blush white. 
Non Plus Ultra. Pure white, extra large; fine spike 
and bells. 
Prince of Waterloo Pure white, largo truss and bells. 
Duchess ofBedford. Pure white. 
Double Blue. 
Bloksberg. The finest of all light blues; large com- 
pact spike. 
Charles Dickens. Light blue, large compact truss 
extra fine, 25c. 
King of Wurtemberg. Light blue shaded indigo. 
Louis Phillippe. Dark blue, shaded with indigo. 
Prince of Saxony Weimar. Dark blue, simi-double. 
Double Yellow. 
Goethe. Finest yellow. 
Ophir d’Or. Pure yellow, with purple eye. 
ROMAN HYACINTHS. 
The earliest for forcing or spring blooming. The 
flower spikes are smaller than the Dutch varieties, but 
the flowers are equally ns pretty and fragrant. They 
force readily iu the house, and as the bulbs are of mod- 
erate size, several can be grown in one pot. The bloom- 
ing season is prolonged by the bulbs throwing up three 
to five spikes of flowers, which do not come to perfection 
all together. 
Single White, 10 cts. each; per doz., 75c. Per hun- 
dred $5. 
UNNAMED HYACINTHS. 
Separate Colors. 
Price, lOcts. each; pel doz., $1. Per hundred, $7. 
Those are selected from good forcing varieties, and will 
give good results. They are unnamed, but comprise 
different shades of the various colors. 
Single White. 
Baron Von Thuill. Pure white, large close spike. 
Grandeur a’Merveille. Finest blush white, largo spike. 
Voltaire. Cream white, a favorite for cutting. 
Alba Superbissima. Pure white, large tall spike. 
Grand Verdette. Earliest, pure white; large bells, 
(fine for cutting.) Extra, 25c. each. 
Madame Vanderhoop. I’ure white, very large bells. 
Single Blue. 
Argus. Blue, while center. 
Baron Von Thuill. Very fine dark blue, largo spike. 
Charles Dickens. Light blue, large compact spike. 
La Peyrouse Fine porcelain blue, not early. 
Marie. Enormous truss and bulb. 
Grand Federic. Light blue, large spike. 
Single Rod, all shades. 
“ White, 
“ Blue, “ 
" Yellow, “ 
Double Red, all shades. 
“ White, 
” Blue, *’ 
“ Yellow, •' 
SINGLE SMALL HYACINTHS. 
Unnamed Hyacinths-;-For Forcing. 
These varieties are of interest to those who desire to 
cultivate them. The bulbs, though small, produce fine 
spikes of flowers of various shades and colors, and are 
desirable for garden or pot culture: 
Price, Sets, each; per doz., 50 cts.; per 100, 13. 
Small Hyacinths. 
Single Red, Single Blue — dark. 
Single Rose, Single Light Blue. 
Single White, Single Cream White. 
