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THE FLOEIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[November, 
is a very much stronger grower, besides possessing the merit of blooming quite 
a month later, and thus affording a very pleasing succession. The blossoms of 
this species, in consequence of their greater size, afford a very beautiful illustration 
of Cowper’s allusion to “ ivory ” whiteness.— ^William Eaeley, Valentines. 
NEW HYACINTHS. 
JNE very natural result of the granting of Certificates to New Hyacinths, and 
one, in fact, which was mainly in view when the practice was established, has 
been the introduction of many new varieties, and amongst these there have 
been several which are exceedingly promising, both on the score of dis¬ 
tinctness and merit. True, the practice has also another effect, that of increasing 
the price of novelties beyond the level which might have been fixed had there 
been no special demand for them ; but this is in the very nature of things— 
novelties must be paid for as novelties till they find their commercial level, and 
this they are some years in doing in the case of Hyacinths. 
That the gains of the past few years, some portion of which we must owe to 
the stimulus ot Certificates, have been considerable, will be at once seen when we 
glance at a few of the names of the novelties which have been^ selected for 
reward. They may be divided into two groups,—those in which the vigour of the 
plant and the size of the bells have been increased, and those which show 
improvement or novelty of colour. Of the former. Princess Louise., Mary., Anna., 
and Mr. Plimsoll., single whites, and Minister ThorhecJc., Cavaignac, Mazzini, and 
Prince of Wales., single blues, are examples; while of the latter. Von Schiller 
and Marquis of Lome, single mauves. Lord Mayo, single violet, Lord Melville, 
single dark blue ; and Sir Garnet Wolseley, single blue, the latter three with white 
eyes ; and Quirine Christine, Lady Tuyll, and L' Ornement de Rosa, all pale rosy 
tints marked with pink stripes, are illustrations. 
Messrs. E. H. Krelage and Son, of Haarlem, who are well known as extensive 
growers of Hyacinths and other Dutch bulbs, have issued a list of New Hyacinths 
for the current season, their production being, no doubt, the result of the practice 
of granting Certificates, to which we have alluded. As regards their quality, they 
state that though they do not venture to say they surpass all the old varieties, 
yet they think they may honourably take rank by the side of those already known. 
“ Their value as articles of commerce cannot be fixed before further trials 
have been made.” The novelties thus offered are, as usual, composed mainly 
of single flowers, but it would seem that attention is also being directed towards 
the improvement of the double-flowered class. 
It is somewhat remarkable that amongst the single-flowered new sorts offered 
in this list, there are no Whites, but as the class has been well replenished during 
the last year or two, they can the more readily be dispensed with. The Single Beds 
comprise Max Nisson, bright red, with pale eye; Van Ilnysum, bright red, with 
dark lines ; Rachel Ruysch, dark rose, with bright red lines; and Daniel Seghers, 
light red, with darker lines. The Single Blues are more numerous, and consist 
