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.MANAGEMENT OF HYACINTHS. 
or breaking them, and therefore injurious to the plant; the 
bulb may be righted by placing moss under the side it inclines 
to, and, indeed, were it covered with the same material it would 
be all the better, and its appearance improved very considerably. 
When the flowers are expanded, a cooler situation, such as a 
greenhouse or sitting-room, will preserve their beauty for a longer 
time, and it is in such places they are generally required. It is 
essential to observe, on their immediate change, that the checks 
likely to occur from draughts of cold air, or other means, 
should be carefully avoided, and that the water they require be 
slightly warmed, or it may happen that they droop so as never 
to recover. 
There is little real difference in the management of tulips, 
narcissus, and other similar bulbs, with that already given, 
except what may occur in the variation of their growths. The 
single Due Van Tholl tulip is by far the earliest, and, at the 
same time, most certain flowerer; it may be had at any time. 
The best of the double ones is the Tournesol; it is large, bright- 
coloured, and will bear almost any treatment. In addition to 
those usually grown, there is a class of early tulips which bear 
moderate forcing well, and are very showy; they are single, of 
the general habit of the common late tulips, and, from their rich 
and varied colours, deserve to be adopted wherever forced flowers 
are a desideratum. Perhaps the prettiest of this class are such 
as the following: Claramond, Vestal, Manage de ma Fille, 
Vuurberg, the Pottebakkers, and La Candeur; in these we have 
pure white, yellow, deep red, and striped varieties of every con¬ 
ceivable shade. As regards the narcissi tribe, some little diffe¬ 
rence should be made with the jonquils ; these should always 
have the bloom stem advanced above the bulb before they are 
taken to the hot-house, or it is likely they will only produce 
leaves. Crocus, too, require only the protection of the green¬ 
house, or a good pit without artificial heat, to enable them to 
bloom well; indeed, there is a number of dwarf tuberous-rooted 
plants very desirable to add to the interest of the list by giving 
variety, and which require but the most trifling attention to have 
them in bloom in March and following month, or some of them 
even sooner; as an instance, may be mentioned the Cyclamen, 
