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HYACINTH. 
They propagate very easily by taking off the young 
shoots, at any time in summer. August is a good time 
for taking the cuttings off, when five or six inches long, 
and planting them in pots filled with sandy soil; place 
them in a shady situation, either covered with a glass 
or not. If kept moist they will all take root, and may 
be kept in the cutting pot all the winter. Early in 
spring they should be separated, and putin small pots, 
in which many of them will flower the same summer. 
The Hydrangea likes a rich soil, a mixture of good 
loam and manure, and should be repotted early in the 
spring, before they begin to grow, and freely watered 
in summer, while growing, and after they have done 
flowering, they should be exposed to the sun during 
the autumnal months to ripen the wood, previous to 
placing them in the cellar for the winter. Here they 
will keep as well as in a Greenhouse, if supplied with 
a little water. When it is desired to have the flowers 
of a blue color, this may be obtained by potting them 
in a peat or black soil, or by mixing pounded alum 
with the soil, in the proportion of an ounce of the 
former to a quart of the latter. 
HYACINTH. 
The Hyacinth is a native of the Levant, and is said 
to be abundant about Aleppo and Bagdad. It has 
been cultivated for several centuries in Holland, from 
whence they are annually imported. The varieties 
are very numerous, and all very beautiful. 
