130 ; THE FLORIST. 
cultivator for his pains. The mode of cultivation, as given 
below, will insure a splendid show of bloom, andthe appliances 
for growing require no very costly erections. But the culti- 
vation, and we may add the exhibition of spring bulbs, will 
not end with the Hyacinth. There are early Tulips, Nar- 
cissus, Sparaxis, Scillas, Anemones, and Cyclamens, which 
must also be included, as well as some others. Once show the 
public what the above are capable of being brought to by 
careful cultivation, and an impetus will be given to the culti- 
vation of these classes commensurate with the growing taste 
for florist flowers, and which will add greatly to the beauty and 
enjoyment of ornamental spring plants. 
CULTURE OF THE HYACINTH IN POTS. 
For this purpose the Hyacinth is remarkably well adapted ; and, 
with the assistance of a garden frame, with some stable manure, or 
tan, to furnish a gentle heat, it may be had in flower at Christmas ; 
and with a good stock of bulbs, the display may be kept up till April 
or May. For early ‘flowering, the bulbs should be planted early in 
September ; those to flower in spring should be planted during the 
months of October, November, and December. 
The best pots are 5-inch (forty-eights) for one bulb, and 6 or 7- 
inch (thirty-twos.or twenty-fours) for three bulbs. It may be well to | 
add, that three roots grown together in one pot produce a much finer 
effect than single bulbs. If smaller pots than the above be used, 
greater care will be necessary in watering. 
The soil used for potting should be as rich as possible ; such as one- 
half fresh loam, cut from a pasture, with the turf decayed in it, and 
well decomposed cow or horse manure, with a small portion of clean 
sand, well intermixed. If, however, this cannot be obtained; then the 
lightest and richest at command must be employed instead, mixing 
freely with it well-decayed cowdung. Fill the pots lightly with the- 
prepared compost, and place the bulb upon the surface, slightly pressing 
it into the soil. After giving the newly-planted bulbs a liberal watering, 
set the pots out of doors on a place where perfect drainage is secured, 
and cover them with about a foot of old tan, ashes, sawdust, leaf-soil, 
or any other light material. After remaining there for a month or 
five weeks, the bulbs will be sufficiently rooted to render it safe to 
remove them to a gentle bottom-heat of about 55°, introducing the 
pots, in numbers proportionate to the demand, at intervals of about a 
fortnight ; a succession of flowers will then be secured, until those in 
the open air come into bloom. We would caution the amateur, when 
forcing the Hyacinth, to be careful that the roots are not allowed to 
penetrate the fermenting material. 
Persons possessing no better accommodation for growing plants than 
a room window, will, with ordinary management, be able to grow and 
flower the Hyacinth as well, if not to have it in bloom as early, as 
those who can command a gentle heat. We need hardly observe that 
plants grown during the dark days of winter should be placed near the 
