264 
THE FLORIST. 
to vegetate, as you are not so likely to injure the young fibres in 
pressing them into the soil; and though first planted, they will most 
likely be the last to make their appearance, although they will be 
much the strongest when they do come. If planted as here directed, 
they will not require much attention until they are well out of ground, 
when they should be covered with garden-mats every night, the last 
thing, and not allowed to have any rain (except the weather is very 
hot and dry) until blooming time; if canvass is used for covering, 
care should be taken to keep the sides up on warm nights, or during 
warm rains, to prevent the plants from drawing up weakly. 
A LIST OF THE BEST HYACINTHS IN CULTIVATION. 
BY MR. JOHN SLATER, FLORIST. 
Now that the season of Hyacinths is at hand, I beg to submit to the 
notice of your readers a list containing most of the best varieties in 
cultivation. From this a selection may be made either of the newest 
and dearest varieties, or of those which are more common and there¬ 
fore less expensive, as well as of those most suitable for forcing, 
glasses, and open-ground culture. With respect to scent, about 
which some inquiry has been made, I am not aware that one is more 
highly scented than its neighbour; but my attention has not been 
directed to this particular. I grow a large collection, and have only 
taken the properties of the flowers into consideration. 
FOR GLASSES. 
DOUBLE RED. 
Bouquet Tendre, alias Waterloo, deep 
red. 
Lord Wellington, new, rose, very grand. 
Milton, extra deep red. 
Perruque Royale, large, pale rose. 
Rose la Mignonne. 
DOUBLE BLUE. 
A-la-mode, shaded purple eye. 
Laurens Koster, very fine, dark. 
Passe tout, shaded blue. 
William, large blue. 
DOUBLE YELLOW. 
Bouquet d’Orange. 
DOUBLE WHITE. 
Anna Maria, pink eye. 
A-la-mode, pink eye. 
Don Gratuil, yellowish eye. 
La Tour d’Auvergne, pure large truss. 
La Deese, pure. 
Prins van Waterloo, good white. 
SINGLE YELLOW. 
Heroine, bright citron. 
La Pluie d’Or. 
Roi de Pays Bas. 
SINGLE RED. 
Ami de Coeur, good red. 
Appelius, deep red. 
Duchesse de Richmond, fine, red. 
Felicitas, good red. 
HerstedeVred e,alias,laPaixd ' 1 Amiens, 
pink. 
Homerus, very early pink. 
Lord Byron, fine, deep red. 
Lord Wellington, rose. 
Princess Royal, fine, rose. 
Temple van Apollo, rose. 
SINGLE WHITE. 
Grand Vedette, large bell. 
- Vainqueur, fine, white. 
Hannah Moore. 
Helena, fine. 
La Virginite, fine. 
