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a period of eleven actual growing months was all that was 

 reciuired to flower this lily from seed. The bed referred to 

 is about six feet by seventy-five and was certainly a wonder- 

 ful sight. The harmonious blending of pink, white and yel- 

 low in the otherwise Easter lilylike flowers, combined with the 

 graceful narrow leaves that clothe the stems make this lily 

 indispensable as a choice flower in midsummer. Its delicate 

 fragrance in another asset by which it is assured a prominent 

 place in American gardens. The possibility of producing hy- 

 brids of this lily are very great because of its seed-producing 

 (jualities and the compartive ease with wiiich it can be raised 

 from see.d. It has been predicted that it will be the Easter 

 lily of the future, having been successfully forced for that 

 event. — R. M. Crocket., Cranford, N'. J. 



Dutchman's-breeches Poisonous. — At a recent meet- 

 ing of the Torrey Botanical Club it was reported that the com- 

 mon plant of the Fumitory family known as Dutchman's- 

 l)reeches (/>jV£'n^;'a cucullaria) audits congener the squirrel- 

 corn (D. Canaa'£'?z^u) are poisonous to cattle. The poison is 

 said to be most abundant in the "bulbs" as the underground 

 portions are sometimes called. That these plants are poisonous 

 is not surprising when it is recalled that they are rather closely 

 related to poppies, moonseeds, buttercups, aconite, and others 

 with suspicious reputations. 



