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NEW HYACINTHS. 
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liaps in point of colour the best single yellow Hyacinth in cultivation, and 
having well-shaped bells of a deep citron hue; the spike is close and good, 
and the habit excellent; awarded a first-class certificate. Luna (Cutbusli), 
is also a single yellow in the way of Ida, but slightly darker, the bells 
stouter, and more rounded. L' Or d*Australia is a slightly deeper form of 
Ida, the spike, however, neither so fine nor so symmetrical. 
Prince Albert (Cutbusli), is a fine addition to the double blue class. It 
is something in the way of that good old flower Laurens Coster as to build, 
but has the fine dark glossy hue of the single General Havelock; the 
colour is a deep glossy dark purple, and the flower is quite distinct in 
character. Von Siebold (Cutbusli), is a pale form of that fine single variety, 
King of the Blues, but being whiter in the centre has a more lively ap¬ 
pearance. Vulcan (Cutbush), is a single variety of a glossy black shade, 
like Prince Albert, but no better. L’Esperance (W. Paul), also resembles 
King of the Blues, but is paler, and has more white in the centre, and 
yet differs from Yon Siebold just noticed. Clio (W. Paul), is a very pleas¬ 
ing single blue variety in the way of Lord Palmerston, with more colour 
in the tube, though with less in the segments, and having a whiter centre ; 
the bells are stouter, and of a better shape, but the spike as shown was 
small and ill-shapen; awarded a first-class certificate. Lord Derby is a 
darker form of Lord Palmerston, but not so good as Clio. Amazon is much 
in the way of Marie, but with a paler centre, and not so good. 
The light blue flowers are very plentiful, and consist in the main of 
pale-coloured flowers in the way of Princess Mary of Cambridge. Of these 
first-class certificates were awarded to Grand Moncirque and Couronne des 
Bleues, both from Mr. Paul. The former has the exterior of the segments 
stained with pale violet instead of azure blue, as in the case of Grand 
Lilas. Couronne des Bleues is a pale form of the last-named, the shape 
of the bells and build of the spike being the same; the bells are large, 
well formed, but not plentiful, and the foliage is so tall and rank as 
to almost entirely obscure the spike. Byron (W. Paul), is another pale 
flower, rather darker than the two just described, the bells not quite so 
massive in appearance, nor the segments so broad. La Grande Eessemblance 
(W. Paul), is another, perhaps best described as an improved La Grande 
Vedette, the bells finer, and the spike larger and better set. Marge is 
another of the same type, but a fine and striking flower, with pale greyish 
azure blue bells, large, stout, and well formed, making a handsome and 
commanding spike. W. E. Gladstone may be best described as a pale form 
of Charles Dickens, but not so effective. Marcel is but the other self of 
Grand Lilas, but being also suffused with pale violet, it has a darker 
appearance. Delicata is a very pale form of the old double blue flower 
Madame Marmont, but with finer and better-formed bells. 
