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sent forth, and a complete little plant is developed. Finally, a per¬ 
fect bulb, or more properly, a tuberous underground stem is formed, 
and this, when the leaves wither, retains the vital principle during 
the winter. 
I shall not enlarge upon the treatment of the tribe during the tor¬ 
pid season: it is known to most gardeners, and has been correctly 
described. My chief object in writing this paper, has been to pre¬ 
sent a concise history of Gloxinia, and to point out the facility of 
propagating some of its species by the agency of water. 
Feb. 9th, 1835. 
ARTICLE VII.—CULTURE OF THE HYACINTH. 
The Hyacinth is a native of the Levant, and is said to be abundant 
about Aleppo and Bagdad. It has been cultivated in Holland with 
great success for several centuries. Some of the sorts have been sold 
for incredible sums, as £200 or £300 for a single bulb. There are 
but three species known in this country, the H. amethystinus , bru- 
malis, and orientalis. The varieties of the last species are very nu¬ 
merous, amounting to many hundreds, all very beautiful, but the 
names of which are entirely arbitrary. The following select list may 
probably he some guide in the purchase of a small number, when the 
individual purchasing is unacquainted with them :— 
DOUBLE WHITE. 
Anna Maria 
Gloria Floruui Suprema 
Grand Monarch de France 
Heroine Grande 
La Mode Epuisee. 
DOUBLE RED. 
Actenr 
Augustus Rex 
Duchesse de Parma 
Henri Quatre 
Marquesse de la Costa 
Rex rubrorum. 
DOUBLE YELLOW. 
Alexander Grande 
Bouquet d’Orauge 
Due de Berry d’Or 
Jaune Pyramide 
Ophir 
Pure d’Or. 
SINGLE WHITE. 
Grand Vainquer 
Prince de Galitzin. 
SINGLE YELLOW. 
Princess Charlotte 
Princess of Orange. 
Bouquet pourpre 
Grand Vidette 
DOUBLE BLUE. 
SINGLE BLUE. 
La Crepuscule 
Nimrod. 
Gustaff de Deide 
Quentin Durward 
SINGLE RED. 
L’Abbe de Verroch 
Rudolphus. 
L’Eclaire 
Temple of Apollo 
Van Wondell. 
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