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HYACINTHS. 
Cultural Hints .—Almost any good soil and situation suit these popular plants. 
The best season for planting runs from September to the end of November. A few spare bulbs should always be 
planted separately to replace failures in the beds from vermin or other causes. A bed or border that has produced a heavy 
show of sunimer-nowering plants needs renovating between the time they are lifted and the planting of the bulbs. The soil 
should ()e loosened and turned over, and a quantity of well-rotted stable manure incorporated—that taken from an old 
cucumber or marrow bed is suitable. The whole should then be levelled and made firm, and the bulbs put in as follows :— 
If die bed or border is square or oblong it is best to commence at one end, and make a trench the requisite depth—say 4 in.— 
straight across. Into tins place the bulbs at the v^roper intervals—say 6 in.—or if it is intended to plant tulips, daffodils, and 
narcissus alternately in the row, the bulbs should be put equidistant. 
The time to begin potting the Hyacinth is early in September if a good and continuous succession is lequired. The 
best soil is a friable loam with a little leaf-mould and old stable manure. The 48-pot (5 in. across the top) will take one bulb 
nicely and larger sizes from two to three bulbs. Place the bulb, with a little silver sand underneath it, in the centre, so that 
when firmly pl.mted in the soil the top will just be exposed. When the potting is completed, let the pots be placed on a level 
bottom of coal ashes in a frame or other open space, put a small inverted pot over the top of the bulb, and cover the whole to 
a depth of from 6 to 8 in. witli more ashes, cocoanut fibre, or decayed leaves, and there let them remain. If placed in such a 
pit from the beginning of September, in from six to eight weeks the pots will be getting crammed with roots, and before that 
time it will be vain to attempt to force them to produce good iiowering stems. 
Early White Roman Hyacinths in Pots^ and cultiTkited in Decorated BowL 
EARLY WHITE ROMAN HYACINTHS. 
Roman Hyacinths are exceedingly popular on account of their earliness, the succession that can be kept up by judicious 
plantings, the abundance of sweetly perfumed flowers, and their value for decoration in pots, baskets, or vases at seasons 
when white flowers are scarce. To have them in flower by Christmas they should be started early in September. 
For their culture in bowls and room gardening, see page 34. 
Carters Mammoth Bulbs. —Specially selected. 14 cm. and over Per doz., .85 ; per 100, 5.50 ; per 1,000, 50.00 
Carters First Size Bulbs. —Good flowering. 12 to 15 cm. Per doz., .65 ; per 100, 4.25 ; per 1,000, 37.50 
For a succession of bloom the following are recommended to come in two weeks later than the White Roman 
Hyacinths :— 
Carters Early White Italian Hyacinths . Per doz., .45; per 100, 3.00 
Aiitn,nii Solving .—One of the best seasons to commence the operation of making a lawn is as soon as possible after the 
break-up of the hot summer weather, with the intention of .sowing, if possible, at the end of August or during the early days of 
September. The soil is warm at the end of summer, and an abundance of rain and dew may be expected, which is very 
benefleial to the growth of the seed, and the young grass will have ample time to become well established before the real cold 
weather sets in .—Carters Book on Lawns. Post free from Boston . 
CARTERS TESTED SEEDS. Inc.. 102-106 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BLDG.. BOSTOR. MASS, 
