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varieties of each of the species named, but our advice to amateurs 

 is, procure the types first, get well used to them, and take your time 

 about obtaining varieties that differ from them in minute shades of 

 colour or slight differences of form, but which, because they are scarce, 

 are costly, and in only a few cases actual improvements on the ori- 

 ginal kinds. 



Amongst the newer species of Lilium are several well worthy the 

 attention of collectors : — 



L. auratum. — Of this grandest of all lilies, there are several fine 

 varieties ; the best is named rubrum, its distinctive feature is a band 

 of red down the centre of each petal in place of the typical band of 

 yellow. 



Jj. Leichtlinii. — A beautiful Japanese species of neat and elegant 

 habit, the flowers rich gamboge yellow, overlaid with heavy spots of 

 deep umber or chocolate brown ; quite hardy. 



L. hoematochroum. — A fine Japanese species, with small leaves 

 and a somewhat spare habit, the flowers deep blood-red, passing 

 into shades and bands of black ; quite hardy. 



L. Formosum. — A Japanese species, with elegant linear leaves 

 and orange-red flowers of great size and extreme beauty. 



L. Wilsoni. — A fine novelty from Japan ; it is related to L. 

 thunberffianum, but sufficiently distinct. It is of stately habit, pro- 

 ducing its flowers in an umbel at the summit of the stem ; they are 

 a fine reddish orange colour, with dark spots and golden bands. 



S. H. 



THE CALADIUM. 



BT JONATHAN MIEES, 

 Head Gardener to the Earl of Clarendon, Grove Park, Watford. 



[HE species and varieties of this lovely genus, so remark- 

 able for beautiful foliage and general usefulness, are well 

 worthy of extensive cultivation, not only by the pro- 

 fessional gardener, whose skill and experience will enable 

 him to grow several of the varieties to almost any 

 dimensions (according to the size of the pots and number of bulbs 

 used), but also by the amateur, who may not be in a position to 

 accommodate them so well as the striking beauty of their fine 

 foliage entitles them to, and for whose information especially I have 

 been requested to furnish a short paper on the system adopted here 

 in their cultivation, and more particularly on successfully wintering 

 the bulbs when in a state of rest. 



We find, then, that some of our finest varieties are natives of 

 South America, and found on the banks of the river Amazon. This 

 fact will at once lead us to suppose that they delight in a rich and 

 alluvial soil, and a warm humid atmosphere, while luxuriating in 

 growth ; and will materially assist us in concluding that they should 



