Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-11-15
Horticultural.
HyacinthS

The Hyacinth Is one Of the most beautiful
and fragrant Of Bulbous Flowers, and particu-
larly desirable for house culture. Even halt
a-d zen grown in pots and towering during
the winter, Will afford more pleasure T. the
=. loved ones at home than the same amount
Of money spent in any other way. ith
how much pIeasurable anxiety they watch
the shooting forth Of bright leaves, the rising
OF the stately column while the opening 81
the first bud makes "A. joyful Thanksgiving oI
the most dreary winter : day. \ email pot
will answer for the Hyacinth. Some prefer
to plant three or four IN large pot, and thl-
will make a very pretty ornament. Cover
only the lower half of the bulbs with soil,
press them down until they are nearly covered,
then water until the soil is molstened
thoroughly, and set the pots in a cool, dark
cellar The roots Will there form, with but
little growth Of top. Here they remain Tor
several weeks and a pot OF two at a time
can be taken into warm. light roOms Tor
Towering, a week or ten days apart, and 2
succession of flowers obtained during most Oh
the winter. When HyacInths are planted IN
tie garden, and well covered. the roots get
a good start in the fall and winter and 1t II
very important in towering them in the
house that growth Of roots should b re first
encouraged in the way recommended II
flowers are desired for the - holidays, plant
the bulbs as early as passible. When placed
in glasses of water for Towering, tie base oil
the bulb should not quite touch the water
Fill the glasses with we'll water. and "a soon
as the flower buds appear, sprinkle the plant
frequently with rain water. Set them away
FIR about two weeks in a cool, dark room
until roots are formed then remove u "a
light, moderately warm room, and give
plenty Of air and light. Keep Hyacinth7 IN
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the light. Flowers of the Hyacinth are Of
ten ruined by bringing them into very hot.
dry, unVentilated room. Our plan II 10 keep
a stand containing our stock Of Hyaclnths
in the parlOr, which is kept most OF the time
but few degrees above freezing. From this
room they are taken as needed-One or two
of each colOr-tO the slit NJ, or the Ginning
room, for special occasions, but always re-
turned to their cool quarters for the night.
By this method they not only flower well,
but keep in bloom a long time. Change the
water occasionally, if it becomes discOlored-
Only the choice varieties should be grown
in glasses and pots, and single are much more
reliable than double sorts for hOuse-culture.
while they are in every respect as desirable
Some of the double varieties, however, do
we'll and for the sake of variety 1t Is a good
plan to select few. When the choice Is
left TO me will endeavor to select double
sorts that Will give entire EtLlSIdcLiDu
Hyacinths should be planted in the gar
den in October and November. Make the
soil deep, mellow, and tolerabIv rich, and
see that the water has a chance TO drain of.
The beds should be narrow, 50 that ali parts
can be reached from the alleys or walks
Set the bulbs five or six inches apart and
four deep. Before winter sets in, cover the
beds with leaves or manure to help keep out
frost. This should be removed as soon az
hard frOsts are oyer-ln this latitude, the
middle of March. For beds Of early flowers
on the lawn, nothing excels the HyacInth-
A very pretty arrangement for round Or
oval bed, is one OF more rows all around of
white, then red and rose about an equal
number, and the center filed with blue.
Where beds are small and SO near together
that they can all be seen at once, 1t IL well
to fill each with a separate color.
Hyacinth flowers may be cut freely with
out injury to the bulbs. Indeed, all flow
er stalks should be removed as the flowers
begin to fade. In about five or SIX weeks
after Towering, and when the leaves are be-
coming yellow, the bulbs may be taken up,
dried, and packed away in paper bags OF
boxes, for planting again in the fall. If the
beds are needed for other flowers, as is gen
orally the case, the bulbs may be removed
in about two weeks after the flowers have
faded. In this case, after removing the
flower stems, if this has not been done before
lay the bulbs on dry bed in the garden, anC
cover them with little earth, leaving the
leaves exposed. Here they can remain until
the leaves have ripened, when they are ready
80 be packed away for fall planting.
Hyacinths will usually commence lowerln,
in this latitude the latter part of March, an,
by choosing the Early and Late varieties,
good show Of blossoms can be secured for a
least month or six weeks The Late yarl
ties are mostly double, and are from two t
three weeks later than the Early sorts Fo
the convenience Of customers, | have designat
ed the Late as we'll as the L0Ig and Tai
Towering kinds. Those not noted as Late
are Early. This will be found great hell
in planting. The LOi0 sorts throw up
stem five or six inches in height, and tn
trusses are usually more loose. The Color
are SO classified that no description will b
needed with each variety-James VIII
Rochester, v. y.