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Title: Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches
Identifier: cyclopediaofam02bail (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954; Miller, Wilhelm, 1869-
Subjects: Gardening
Publisher: New York (etc. ) The Macmillan company
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Noble par Merite. Deep losa. Single Lilac: Haydn. Lilac-mauve. Single Yellow: Ida. Pure yellow. King of the Yellows. Deep yellow. Double Yellow: Goethe. Bright yellow. Miniature Hyacinths, or "Dutch Romans," are small- sized bulbs of the ordinary Dutch Hyacinths, They are excellent for growing in groups in bowls, pans or flats, planted close together and treated just like the large Hyacinths when grown in pots. Culture in Olasses. âSome of the single Hyacinths may be grown very satisfactorily in water. Special glasses for the purpose can be bought from the seeds- men. They should be filled with pure water and the bulb so placed that its base barely touches the water. They are stored in a dark, cold closet or cellar till the roots are developed, and then brought in to the light. An airy, sunny situation and a temperature of about 60° regularly maintained will insure the best results. The glasses should be kept filled by adding water occa- sionally as required. The following varieties are es- pecially suited for glasses: Charles Dickens. Blue. Baron van Thuyll. Deep blue. Mr. Plimsoll, Fine blush. Obelisque. Yellow. Moreno. Deep rose. Sir. Wm. Mansfield. Mauve. Soman Myacinths.âInstead of one large truss from each bulb, the Roman Hyacinth produces three or four smaller but more graceful flower-spikes. The bulbs ar- rive in America in August, and by successive pottings they may be had in flower from November till May. They require the same forcing treatment as the larger Hyacinths, but three or four bulbs may be planted in a pot. The florists use wooden flats instead of pots, set- ting the bulbs close tngi-tlicr, 40 or ."lO in a flat. By rea- son of its beauty anil . v<;iii ii, Tiil i ;iii<'e, its earliness and easy culture, the wl I I' Mjnth is the most popular of our winter l . ,i^. Several mil- lions of these bulbs ;u-. _i, ,,, ;,ily by the florists of our large cities for wuiU; . tii Uu.iui.s. Tlie Propagation of Hyacinlhii.-With the exception of the Roman Hyacinths (which come from the south of France), the world's supply of Hyacinth bulbs is pro- e soil and climate of that country duced in Holland. Th: seem to be peculiarly suitable for bulb-grow vhich has been one of the leading industries there for 200 years. The bulbs intended ifor next year's market are planted in October in carefully prepared, richly manured land, and protected over winter by a thick covering of reed or litter. The flowers are ciit when in full bloom in the spring. By July the bulbs are fully ripened, and are taken out of the ground by hand, dried, cleaned an assorted into three grades of quality, according to size Early in August they are ready for shipping. Over grown or unshapely bulbs are reserved for Dropaqating tnese are taken out of the ground, three deep cross cuts are made with a sharp knife in the bot toni of each bulb. They are then set out, bottom up wards, and covered with loose soil for two or three weeks, during which time the cuts open out and the wounds are healed. They are then taken up and kept spread out on tables in storehouses till October, when they are planted out. When lifted next June nothing of the parent bulb remains but dry skins, on the edges of which from 20 to 30 offsets are fastened. These bulb- lets are picked off by hand and planted out in the fall, just like large bulbs. This process of planting in fall and taking up in summer for a two months' rest is re- peated for four or five years, till the bulbs have attained to marketable size. Another method of propagating is to hollow out the bottom of the bulb smoothly to a point in the center. More offsets are obtained in this way, but they are smaller and take a year or two longer to reach maturity. New varieties are obtained from seed, but such a de- gree of perfection in form and color has already been obtained that it is seldom a seedling is produced that proves superior to existing varieties of the same color. Some new varieties are obtained by encouraging any tendency to change of c<.b.r or f..rm which may be shown by the standard scui In iin- \K:,y the single blue Charles Dickens h:is i i '.â â â .. u, .single red and lo double blue, and :i^: ntlv. to double red, till we have four vari. t Last year's catalogue of a tains 'MO named Hyacinths. < â ! I li:uii-s Dickens. Dutch grower con- . Thorbcrn & Co. HYBRIDS are the jiroducts cf crof cies. Of late, the w,.r,l llxl.n,! I,;,. writers to compris.'iill . I' or varieties. Th.- jn^iiiicii i that there are no li;ii-.l :iihI i.i-i lim- and species, and there tore that liyl sense is incapable of exact delimitati< to this usage, however, contend that i tomary to speak nf species and vai the aid . The opponents long as it is cus- ties as different iflcntorv cntf-L'i.riis, it is equally allowable and use- ful to sp.iil , I II'1,1,1- ;is between species and of cross- breeds :i- liis i moreover, historical cus- tom favi ( nmmon-language terms rarely if ever c\pr.^- :ii. .IhIc or ideal truth: they grow up by custom. Wlienevi-r new ideas and discoveries render them inexact, it may be quite as well to invent new terms as to give new and technical meanings to old terms which are thoroughly established in litera- ture. The word Hybrid has always been a specific term, and it were a pity now to make it a generic one, particularly since there is a well established generic term. The generic word, both substantive and verb, is cross. Specific kinds of crosses are Hybrids, between species; cross-breeds, between plants of the same spe- cies ; half-hybrid, between a species and a variety of another species ; bigener, between plants of different

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