Wantele welcomed Jane with an eager, "What would you think, Jane, of putting a mass of starch hyacinths over in that corner?"
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
Grand old oaks, of seven hundred to a thousand years, grew near the house and made plentiful shade; southwards the grass under them was scarcely visible in May for the glorious carpet of wild hyacinths, all blue and purple in the chequered sunlight.
"Lady-John-Russell"
MacCarthy, Desmond
Wild hyacinths and other flowers were blooming in profusion, and a cuckoo, with doubtful wisdom, persisted in remaining in its usual haunts.
"The Story of the "9th King's" in France"
Enos Herbert Glynne Roberts