CHA^r»TER XIII. 
Bulbs. 
Buibous-rooled flowering plants are so numerous, conspicuous, and exquisitely 
oeautiful, and witha! so well adapted for tlie conservatory, tliat were all other 
plants annihilated or forgotten, this class alone would at all times fill the draw- 
ing-room with the most gorgeous as well 
as tlie most chaste and beautiful flowers, 
attractive not onl}- for their delicacy, bril- 
liancy, and variety of color, but as well 
for their most delightful fragiance. It is 
not our intention in this place to write a 
history of Bulbs, but merely to offer a 
few remarks on the adaptation and culture 
of the most desirable sorts, in connection 
with other classes of plants noticed in 
this work. 
The Hyacinth. 
Pre-eminent in this class stands the 
Hyacinth, which has been deservedly 
popular for more than three hundred 
years, and is to-day more sought after 
than any other species, simply because 
greater variety of color and quantity of 
bloom can be bad with less trouble and ex- 
pense than from any other. Hyacinths 
have a most generous nature ; they will 
adapt themselves to almost any situation, 
and flower as freely and smile as sweetly 
Pig. 24.— "Kustic Robin" Jardinet. i" the poor man's window as in the more 
costly conservatory of the wealthy. While their generosity is so marked, their 
gratitude for, and appreciation of, attention shown them is equally marked. No 
plant pays so well for good culture as this; the diflference between common 
planting and proper growing is so great that one would scarcely think or believe 
the flower could come from the same bulb. Hyacinths can be grown in a variety 
of ways. The best, simplest, and most common, is in pots. "We shall, however 
