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Grape hyacinths are neat little early flowering bulbous plants, good-sized colonies of which give dainty effects in the border from February to May. There are numerous species of these, flowering at different times. They are mostly dark purple in color, either self-colored or tipped with white. There are also a few white and yellow forms, and several species with true blue flowers, the rarest color among flowers, though this would never be discovered in catalogues. M. Szovitsianum, one of the true blue forms, is quite the prettiest of the genus. The plant known to the trade as M. lingulatum, or Hyacinthus azureus, has the true blue of M. Szovit- sianum, and is fully a month earlier. The usual forms grown in gardens are mostly blue (purple) and white forms of M. botryoides. M. conicum is very dark. The Dutch catalogues offer numerous kinds to suit amateurs and differing conditions. Muscari offer no difficulties in cultivation. A medium soil perhaps suits them best, but they are usually thrifty growers, and persistent in the garden if foliage is allowed to ripen. They mostly make offsets freely, and produce abundant seed.

Grape hyacinths are neat little early flowering bulbous plants, good-sized colonies of which give dainty effects in the border from February to May. There are numerous species of these, flowering at different times. They are mostly dark purple in color, either self-colored or tipped with white. There are also a few white and yellow forms, and several species with true blue flowers, the rarest color among flowers, though this would never be discovered in catalogues. M. Szovitsianum, one of the true blue forms, is quite the prettiest of the genus. The plant known to the trade as M. lingulatum, or Hyacinthus azureus, has the true blue of M. Szovit- sianum, and is fully a month earlier. The usual forms grown in gardens are mostly blue (purple) and white forms of M. botryoides. M. conicum is very dark. The Dutch catalogues offer numerous kinds to suit amateurs and differing conditions. Muscari offer no difficulties in cultivation. A medium soil perhaps suits them best, but they are usually thrifty growers, and persistent in the garden if foliage is allowed to ripen. They mostly make offsets freely, and produce abundant seed.

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