THE old style of hyacinth and flower glasses, with long necks and small bases, are gradually giving place to the newer and more handsome styles of Tyes' Patent. The new glasses have a shorter neck, but wider month, and very much broader base, rendering them less liable to be overturned or broken. After they have been used for hyacinths, and the blooming time of the bulbous flower has gone by, the glasses are still of admirable use as flower stands for bouquets and stray sprigs of flowers, which can be kept fresh and sweet for many days. The glasses are either single or compound, three joined together, and are beautifully figured, of various colors - green, blue, red and purple. If placed where the light can strike them, they form a handsome window ornament for their colors alone.

The above design represents them as filled with some stray sprigs of roses and other flowers, placed there for temporary ornament. They are now in general use, and for sale by the principal florists and seed houses.