1'ItE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, November 9, 1858. 
TYE’S HYACINTH GLASSES. 
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It would be difficult to point out a more formal, inelegant 
form than that of the common Hyacinth glass. It compels the 
flower to be grown singly, and precludes by its shape all attempts 
at grouping the Hyacinths ; and when we see them placed about 
on mantelpieces and in windows, we have them ludicrously 
associated with the miniature Poplar trees in the Dutch toy- 
boxes of childhood. 
Nor is this formality of form the oidy defect of those glasses. 
Though made of coloured glass, this admits rays of light to the 
roots. Now, these vegetate most healthily in darkness, and 
though clear glass is injurious, more or less, to their vegetating, 
yet some coloured glass, admitting only one set of rays of the 
spectrum, is often still more markedly injurious. 
Mr. Tye’s Bulb-glasses obviate all these objections ; and the 
brass supports adapted to them are the simplest and most effective 
we have ever employed. 
The engraving renders a lengthy description needless. They 
are elegant in form, opaque, most tastefully ornamented, and are 
very cheap. The “ Tria-juncta-in-uno" enables three to be grown 
in close contact; and two of these treble vases, placed back to 
back, so that six divers-coloured Hyacinths can be arranged 
together, forms the most beautiful group of this flower we have 
ever looked upon. 
Mr. Tye has smaller glasses of a similar form, and furnished 
with supports, for Crocuses, Tulips, Narcissi, &c. 
SELECT FEHITS ADAPTED TO THE VARIOUS LOCALITIES OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
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[ 11. signifies that varieties so marked are to be used only for the dessert; K., for kitchen purposes; and C., for cider-making. Those marked K.D. 
are applicable either to kitchen or dessert use.l 
APPLES. 
Nonesuch, k.d. —Medium sized, round, and flattened. 
Skin greenish yellow, striped with dull red next the sun. 
Stalk short and slender. Eye small, set in a wide, shallow 
basin. Flesh white, tender, and pleasantly sub-acid. 
September and October. 
Nonpareil, d. ( Hunt's Nonpareil, Lovedon’s Pippin). 
—Rattier below medium size, roundish, slightly ovate. 
Skin greenish yellow, with pale russet, and brownish 
red next the sun. Stalk long and slender. Eye small, 
set in a narrow, round basin. Flesh greenish white, firm, 
crisp, and richly flavoured. A first-rate dessert apple. 
January to May. 
Norfolk Bearer, k. —About medium size, roundish, 
angular round the eye. Skin green, with a yellowish 
tinge on the shaded side, but covered with dark crimson 
next the sun. Eye small and slightly open. Stalk half 
an inch long, slender. Flesh greenish, tender, crisp, 
with a brisk and agreeable flavour. Tree a great bearer. 
December and January. 
Norfolk Beefing, k. (Catshead Peejhig, Read's 
Raker). —Large, round, flat at the ends. Skin green, 
and deep red next the sun. Stalk short, fleshy, and 
deeply inserted. Eye large, set in a deep and irregularly 
plaited basin. Flesh greenish white, firm, and sub-acid. 
“ Excellent for drying.” November to July. 
Norfolk Column. See Winter Colman. 
Norfolk Pippin. See Adams’ Pear main. 
Norfolk Storing. See Winter Colman. 
Normanton Wonder. See JJiimelom’s Seedling. 
Northern Greening, k. (Walmer Court ).—Above the 
medium size, roundish ovate. Skin dull green, brownish 
red next the sun. Stalk short and thick. Eye small. 
Flesh greenish white, sub-acid. A first-rate kitchen 
apple. November to April. 
Northern Spy, d. —Large, conical, and angular. Skin 
yellow on the shaded side, but streaked with crimson on 
the side next the sun. Stalk three quarters of an inch 
long, slender. Flesh yellowish white, juicy, rich, ancl 
aromatic. An American apple, which ripens well in this 
country. December to May. 
Northwick Pippin. See Blenheim Orange. 
Nutmeg Pippin. See Cockle Pippin. 
Oldaker’s New. See Alfriston. 
Old Maid’s. See Knobbed Russet. 
Orange Pippin. See Isle of Wight Pippin. 
Oitn’s Apple, d. —Medium sized, conical, with promi¬ 
nent and unequal ribs, forming ridges round the eye. 
Skin smooth and shiny, light green,and with pale brownish 
red next the sun. Eye small and closed. Stalk short. 
Flesh tender, crisp, and brittle ; very juicy, vinous, and 
perfumed. An excellent dessert apple. January to May. 
Oslin, d. (Arbroath Pippin, Mother Apple ).—Medium 
