. 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. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. HTACINTHUS cinth is extensively grown in Holland for export to this and other countries, and consequently is commonly known as the Dutch Hyacinth. The Roman Hyacinth (Figs. 1109-10) is var. Albulus, Baker (H. dlhulus, Jord. a. Rom&Hus, Hort., not Linn.), is smaller
. 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. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. HTACINTHUS cinth is extensively grown in Holland for export to this and other countries, and consequently is commonly known as the Dutch Hyacinth. The Roman Hyacinth (Figs. 1109-10) is var. Albulus, Baker (H. dlhulus, Jord. a. Rom&Hus, Hort., not Linn.), is smaller and slenderer, Ivs. narrower, very erect, fls. fewer, earlier, white or blush, the tube cylindrical and scarcely ventricose, the segments narrower and usually proportionately shorter. Central France, and perhaps in the Mediterranean re- gion. Much used for early bloom. The Hyacinth has been cultivated for some centuries, and it shared some of the early popularity of the tulip in the Netherlands. n. orienta' is wild in Syria, Asia Minor, Greece and Dalmatia. For a picture of a Hyacinth bulb, see Fig. 288, Vol. I. Other .species are sometimes seen in the gardens of the curious, particularly H. amethystlnus, Linn., Spain, France ( 2425. Gn. 47, p. 147), and H. azureus, Baker ( 6822. IIL 24:191, var. giganleKS}, Mediterranean region. The former is slender and grace- ful, with light blue fls. in short racemes, standing nearly or quite % ft. high : fls. small, nodding, bell-shaped, with short teeth-like segments. There is a white-fld. form. Good for rockeries. Hardy in the middle states. The latter species is by some considered to be a form of JI. ciliatiis, Cyrill. Looks like a Grape Hya- cinth (or Jfiiscari}: 4-8 in. tall, with strongly canalicu- late, glaucous l\s.: lis. tilu'', fragrant, in a dense spike 1 in. lout;, \mi1i small teeth. Distinguished from the 1,'t'iiu^ ,M n-i:in )>v the perianth segments being fiariufj ..f ,.!. Hard
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