Dreer’s Autumn Catalogue, 1906, 
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Dutch Hyacinths. 
Shown in colors on the cover of this catalogue. 
The Hyacinth is so well known and esteemed that any description of its 
many good qualities is needless. The list now offered includes nearly every 
shade of red, white, blue, yellow, etc. 
Outdoor Culture. —The bulbs may be planted any time from October to 
December—the earlier the better. They succeed in any good, well-drained 
garden soil. Set the bulbs so that the tops will be 3 or 4 inches below the 
surface and 6 to 10 inches apart. Before very severe weather comes on, 
cover the beds with straw, leaves or manure to protect them from the frost, 
but care should be taken that this covering is not too thick, as the bulbs are 
as likely to be injured by being kept too warm as by freezing; this should be 
removed in Ma>ch, or when danger from hard frost is past. 
Pot Culture. —Plantings may be made at any time from September to 
December, though October is the best time. A light, rich soil, with a mix¬ 
ture of well-rotted cow or sheep manure, is most suitable. Use a 4 or 5 inch 
pot, and have the top of the bulb just above the surface. After potting give a 
good watering and set away in a cool cellar or outhouse and cover over with 
coal-ashes or some litter, until thoroughly rooted ; this usually takes from 10 
to 12 weeks. They may then be brought as wanted for a succession of flowers 
into a moderately warm, light room. 
Culture in Glasses. — When it is desired to grow Hyacinths in water, 
they should be placed so that the base of the bulb merely touches the water. 
The glasses should then be set in a cool, dark closet, or in the cellar, until 
filled with roots, when they may be brought into the light. Give as much 
fresh air as possible without letting the plants stand in a draught, arjd as 
nearly as possible at a temperature of sixty degrees until the spikes are 
developed. To put them at once into a room with a temperature of say 70 
degrees would cause them to flower prematurely. 
Dreer’s Mixed Hyacinths. 
These are fine named sorts in mixture, and are chiefly used for outdoor 
planting, but can also be used for pot culture, although we advise using the 
selected first and second size named varieties offered below and on the next 
pages for this purpose. We recommend the single-flowering sorts as giving 
the best and most uniform results. 
Dark Red shades mixed. 
Rose and Pink shades mixed. 
Red, all shades mixed. 
Pure White sorts mixed. 
Blush and Tinted White sorts mixed. 
Dark Blue and Purple shades mixed, 
Light Blue and Lavender shades mixed. 
Blue, all shades mixed. 
Yellow, all shades mixed. 
All colors mixed. 
Any of the shades or 
all colors mixed, either 
in Single or Double, 
at the uniform price of 6 
cts. each; 50 cts. per doz; 
$350 per 100; $30.00 
per 1000. 
If wanted by mail add 
10 cts. per doz. for post¬ 
age. Single bulbs mailed 
free at prices given. 
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Spike of Single Hyacinth, 
SELECT SECOND SI 2 E NAMED HYACINTHS. 
These are smaller than our Extra Selected first size bulbs offered on next page, but are fine flowering stock, and admirably adapted 
for pot culture and bedding where distinct shades of color are desired. We can furnish them in the following grand vaiieties: 
Price, 8 cts. each ; 75 cts. per doz.; $5.50 per 100; $50.00 per 1000; by mail, 12 cts. per doz. extra. 
Single Red, Rose and Pink. 
Chas. Dickens. Soft rose ; exquisite. Gigantea. Soft blush pink. 
Gen. Pelissier. Intense deep crimson-scarlet. Moreno. Waxy pink ; very large. 
Gertrude. (See illustration on back of cover.) Deep rose; Roi des Beiges. (See illustration on front of cover.) Bril- 
extra fine. I liant crimson-scarlet. 
Single Pure and Tinted White. 
Alba Sup rbissima. Purest white. I L’Innocence. (See illustration on front of cover.) Purest 
Baroness van Thuyli. Pure White. ! white ; extra fine. 
Grandeur a’Merveille. (See illustration on back of cover.) I La Grandesse. Magnificent clear white. 
Blush white. flme. van der Hoop. Pure white ; large bells. 
Single Blue, Lavender and Purple. 
Baron van Thuyli. Rich purple. 
Czar Peter. Light porcelain-blue. 
Grand naitre. (See illustration on front of cover.) 
porcelain-blue ; very large. 
Deep 
King of the Blues. (See illustration on back of cover.) 
Rich deep blue. 
La Peyrouse. Light lavender. 
Queen of the Blues, Clear silvery azure-blue. 
Price, any of the above, 8 cts. each ; 75 cts. per doz,; $ 5.50 per too ; $ 50.00 per 1000 . 
If bv mail , adit 12 i ts. per doz. for postage. 
