Plate 150. 
HYACINTH, SAN FRANCISCO. 
During the present season, the very large collections of 
Hyacinths which have been exhibited at the various spring 
shows have enabled the flower-loving public to see how very 
different a flower it is when well cultivated, to the miserable 
things they too often are, even in the hands of those who pro¬ 
fess to take some pains with them; while those who lived in 
the neighbourhood of London had the opportunity of visiting 
the beautifully-arranged houses of Messrs. Cutbush and Son, of 
Highgate, and Mr. A. Henderson, of Pine-Apple Place, the 
former of forced and the latter of unforced flowers. We had 
the good fortune this year of seeing the flowers of the former 
gentleman, and by his courtesy were enabled to grow ourselves 
some of the fine varieties; and amongst the flowers we then 
saw, none seemed to us more worthy of a place in our Maga¬ 
zine than this beautifully clear yellow variety, which at once 
attracted our notice on his stage, and was amongst the most 
admired of the many new varieties which he exhibited. 
Yellow Hyacinths are comparatively rare, and are not very 
vigorous in their growth, so that a pure-coloured flower, form¬ 
ing a good truss, such as San Francisco , is really an acquisi¬ 
tion ; red, white, and blue are abundant; but not so yellows: 
and we therefore venture to predict that it will be a general 
favourite, and largely sought after by those who are exhibitors. 
In the culture of the Hyacinth, we have found in our expe¬ 
rience that it is not necessary to grow them in such large pots 
as we at one time thought necessary, having found that those 
which were grown in the size ordinarily called thirty-twos were 
quite as vigorous as those grown in a larger size. M here space 
is an object, this is a matter of some consequence. Care must 
