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form interesting objects, as edgings to vases, in which orna¬ 
mental plants are set. A piece of flat rockwork, constructed in 
a damp situation, and so that the spaces for the plants may be 
made to resemble a morass, would no doubt be found to be more 
than any other situation adapted to the hardy kinds. Isoetes 
and Psilotum are small plants, which, though interesting to the 
botanist, are scarcely so to the ordinary cultivator, unless, in¬ 
deed, they may be prized on account of their rarity. The 
former is an aquatic, and is found in some of the lakes in this 
country ; the latter is a native of the West Indies. 
The derivation of the generic names of the plants which 
form the subject of this paper, is the following: Lycopodium ,, 
from lykos, a wolf, and pous , a foot; in allusion to the resem¬ 
blance of the roots. Isoetes , from isos, equal, and etos , the year; 
the plant having the same appearance throughout the year. 
Psilotum , from psilos , naked; the triangular stems being desti¬ 
tute of leaves, and possessing a slender twiggy habit. 
ON THE CULTURE OF DUTCH BULBS, 
By Mr. W Ansell. 
The Hyacinth. —The garden Hyacinth ( Hyacinthus orien¬ 
tals) is a native of the East; it is said to grow abundantly in 
the Levant, about Aleppo, and also at Bagdad, flowering a 
month or more earlier there, than it does in our gardens. It is 
mentioned by Gerarde to have been cultivated by him, in 1596. 
The Dutch had cultivated this flower for a long series of years 
before it was known in this country, for which they had become 
notorious. The most celebrated of these cultivators are the 
Haarlem florists, at which place whole acres are devoted to 
their cultivation; and from whence an annual supply is sent to 
our markets. 
Planting the full-grown Bulbs. It is requisite to remind the 
purchaser that he should make a selection of his bulbs, when 
purchasing, or even when planting from his own stock ; as many 
will produce inferior flowers. A good hyacinth bulb, such as is 
most likely to produce a fine truss of bloom, is of medium size, 
solid, and conical; the flat-shaped larger bulbs are apt to break 
