 Hyacinth should be strong, tall, and erect, supporting numerous large bells, each suspended by a short and strong peduncle, or foot-stalk, in a horizontal position, so that the whole may have a compact pyramidal form, with the crown, or uppermost bell,...  Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants - Page 12edited by - 1836Full view - About this book
 | Bernard M'Mahon - Gardening - 1806 - 686 pages
...down, and much of their beauty be lost. A Description of the Profierties of a Fine DoUBLE HrAcmrn. The stem should be strong, tall, and erect, supporting...compact pyramidal form, with the crown, or uppermost bell perfectly erect. The bells should be large and very double that ; is, well filled with broad bold... | |
 | Bernard M'Mahon - Gardening - 1806 - 746 pages
...down, and much of their beauty be lost. A Dcscrijition of the Properties of a Fine DOUBLE HrActvfn. The stem should be strong, tall, and erect, supporting...compact pyramidal form, with the crown, or uppermost bell perfectly erect. The bells should be large and very double that ; is, well filled with broad bold... | |
 | John Sanders (writer on horticulture.) - 1829 - 214 pages
...whites and yellows the least. Criterion of a double-hyacinth. This, according to the best judges, is, " the stem should be strong, tall, and erect, supporting...suspended by a short and strong peduncle or foot-stalk, in an horizontal position, so that the whole may have a compact pyramidal form, with the crown or uppermost... | |
 | Henry Phillips - Botany - 1829 - 398 pages
...in its stem being strong, tall, and erect, garnished with numerous and large bells, each supported by a short and strong peduncle, or foot-stalk, in...horizontal position, so that the whole may have a compact pyramidical form, with the upper flower perfectly erect. The flowers should be large, and perfectly... | |
 | James Main - 1830 - 334 pages
...erect, supporting numerous large bulbs, each supported by a short strong peduncle or foot-stalk in an horizontal position, so that the whole may have a...compact, pyramidal form, with the crown or uppermost bell perfectly erect. The bells should be large and perfectly double ; ie well filled with broad, bold... | |
 | Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1845 - 862 pages
...hundred. The criterion of a fine double hyacinth, according to the Botanical Magazine, is as follows: — The stem should be strong, tall, and erect, supporting...a horizontal position, so that the whole may have compact pyramidal form, with the crown or uppermost part perfectly erect. The flowers should be large,... | |
 | 1845 - 854 pages
...hundred. The criterion of a fine double hyacinth, according to the Botanical Magazine, is as follows : — The stem should be strong, tall, and erect, supporting...footstalk, in a horizontal position, so that the whole may bave a compact pyramidal form, with the crown or uppermost part perfectly greet. The flowers should... | |
 | George Glenny - Flowers - 1847 - 116 pages
...individual pip being of any particular form, except that it should be perfectly double. He says, " The stem should be strong, tall, and erect, supporting numerous large bells, each suspended by a short, strong peduncle or footstalk, in a horizontal position, so that the whole may have a compact pyramidal... | |
 | Joseph Breck - Floriculture - 1851 - 346 pages
...number of them ; some of the single sorts are the richest in color. The stem of a fine double Hyacinth should be strong, tall, and erect, supporting numerous...compact pyramidal form, with the crown, or uppermost bell, perfectly erect. The bells should be large and very double ; that is, well filled with broad... | |
 | Charles McIntosh - Flower gardening - 1856 - 1024 pages
...distinct corollas, each bell sustained by a short and strong foot-stalk, standing in a perpendicular position, so that the whole may have a compact pyramidal form with the crown or uppermost flower, and be perfectly erect. Each separate flower should be large, and completely double ; that is, well... | |
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