I4i WINDOW GARDENING. 
Grandeur a Merville, very fine, pale blush, good bells, and 
immense spike. 
Mont Blanc, beautiful, clear white ; large bells ; immense 
spike. 
Victoria Begina, very fine, pure vrhite, large, waxy bells, and 
fine spike. 
Voltaire, very beautiful blush • large bells ; compact spike ; 
of immense size. 
Single Blue — Baron Van Tuyll, fine, dark porcelain ; large bells ; extra fine 
spike. 
Charles DicJcens, fine, pale blue; large bells; very fine spike. 
Grand Lilas, beautiful, delicate azure blue; large, perfect 
bells; immense spike ; one of the best. 
Grand Vidette, fine, pale blue, immense bells, and moderate 
spike. 
Nimrod, beautiful, pale blue ; large bells and spike. 
Orandates, very fine porcelain blue, large bells, and very fine 
spike. 
Porcelain Sceptre, very fine, pale blue ; moderate bells ; very 
fine spike. 
Single Yellow — An7ia Carolina, beautiful, clear yellow; handsome bella 
and spike. 
Heroine, pale yellow, with green tips; large truss. 
Eoman White Hyacinth, 
A new variety lately introduced ; a most valuable acquisition for early blooming, 
suitable only for pots. The bells of this variety are very small, not more than 
half the size of the Dutch bulbs. They can be grown in three-inch pots ; same 
soil as recommended for the other sorts. If planted in September, they can be 
made to bloom by the 1st of December. Flowers pure white, very fragrant, 
small bells, and spike ; each bulb will give from three to five spikes. For early 
flowering it is indispensable. 
We cannot leave this interesting class of plants without a word of caution to 
those about selecting bulbs. Do not buy cheap bulbs, neither those that are 
very high priced, because of their scarcity. Good bulbs cannot be had at less 
than three dollars per dozen ; that is, such bulbs as ought to be grown in the 
"window." Avoid "mixed" bulbs, which are simply culls. In Holland, when 
the crop is harvested, the very best are selected and sent to England and France, 
where the prices are twice as much as here; the next choice is for this and other 
markets, sold under Named sorts; the next grade are put up and sold in 
separate colors; the balance of stock is sold at auction, to be put up in "cases" 
for auction in this country, or hawked about our streets by German pedlars. 
Go to a reliable seedsman, and if you do not know what you want, take hit) 
advice. 
