W. E,. Strong Company, Sacramento, Cal. 
Singrle Blue. 
Argus. — Blue ; white center. 
Charles Dickens. — Light blue; large com- 
pact spike. 
La Peyrouse. — Fine porcelain blue ; not 
early. 
Marie.— Enormous truss and bulb; purple 
and indigo. 
Czar Peter. — Bright blue ; large spike ; extra, 
26 cents. 
Lord Byron. — Azure blue ; very large spike. 
Singrle Yellow. 
Herman. — Orange yellow; very large bulb. 
Ida. — Pure yellow ; larger truss ; new. Extra, 
2.6 cents. 
La Citromere. — Citron yellow. 
Double Hyacinths. 
For exhibition purposes and for growing in 
]>ots or open ground, the double sorts will be 
found charming. 
Double Bed and Rose. 
Grootvoorst. — Very fine blush pink, large 
truss and bells. 
Noble par Merite. — Very line ]>ink, grand 
truss, early. 
Princess Royal. — Scarlet with brown center, 
line. 
Lieutenant Wagthorn.— Deep scarlet. 
Rejina Victoria.— Rosy, large truss, extra. 
Czar Nicolas. — Large spikes and bulbs, line 
pink. 
Double White. 
Anna Maria. — Blush white, purple center, 
large ^ike, extra. 
La Virginate. — Very fine, blush white. 
Non Plus Ultra. — I’ure white, extra large, 
line spike and bells. 
Prince of Waterloo. — Pure white, large truss 
and bells. 
Fleva. — I’ure white, large spike. 
Double Blue. 
Bloksberg. — ^The finest of all light blues, 
large oompact spikes. 
Charles Dickens. — Liglit blue, large com- 
pact truss, extra fine, 25 cents. 
Lord Ragland. — Azure blue, d.ark center, 
fine. 
Prince of Saxony Weimar. — Dark blue, 
semi-double. 
Garrick. — .Vznre blue, large compact spike. 
Double Yellow. 
Goethe. — Finest yelloiv. 
Ophir d’Or. — Pure yellow, with purple eye. 
Boquet d’Orange. — Orange, extra, 25 cents. 
Roman Hyacinths. 
The earliest for forcing or spring blooming. 
The flower spikes are smaller than the Dutcli 
varieties, but the flowers are equally as pretty 
and fragrant. They force readily in the house, 
and as the bulbs are of moderate size, several 
can be grown in one pot. The blooming season 
is prolonged by the bulbs throwing up three to 
five spikes of flow'ers, which do not come to 
perfection all together. 
Single White. — 10 cts. each ; per doz., 75 cts. 
Per hundred, $5. 
Unnamed Hyacinths. 
Separate Colors. 
Price, 10 cts. each; per doz., .$1.00. Per 
hundred, $7.00. 
These are selected from good forcing varieties, 
and will give good results. They are unnamed, 
but comprise different shades of the various 
colors. 
Single Red, all shades. I Double Red, all shades. 
“ White, “ I “ White, 
“ Blue, “ I “ Blue, “ 
“ Yellow, “ I “ Yellow, “ 
Single Small Hyacinths. 
Unnamed Hyacinths— for Forcing. 
These varieties are of interest to those who 
desire to cultivate them. The bulbs, though 
small, p'odccp fine spikes of flowers of various 
