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mCHARDIA ALBA MACULATA. 



BY W. PULLEX, PENN YAX, YATES CO., N. Y. 



Can you give me some information in regard 

 to the above-named plant? Having seen in 

 Peter Henderson's Catalogue that it was decid- 

 uous, and required the same treatment as the 

 Dahlia, I procured a tuber and planted it out in 

 summer, lifted it in the fall, and have it in the 

 house now. It is in a six-inch pot and has 

 twelve large handsome leaves and one flower on, 

 and is the admiration of all who see it. This 

 plant bloomed last summer, and from a flower I 

 saved seed which produced one hundred and 

 twelve plants, all as truly variegated as their 

 parent. What I wish to know is — does this plant 

 really require to remain dormant awhile as repre- 

 sented ? Many ladies and gardeners hereabouts 

 have been interested in my plants, and I propose 

 to have them photographed, a copy of which I 

 will send to you. 



[The great success achieved by our correspon- 

 dent answers his own question. It does not 

 appear to be a necessity that it should be dried off" 

 like a dahlia.— Ed. G. M.] 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



The Christmas Rose. — This — the Helleborus 

 niger — is popular as a winter forcer in England. 

 Recently some sold in London for half a dollar a 

 dozen — a good price for English cut flowers. 



Variegated Sage. Tri-color. — This is becoming 

 rather common now, but there are few things 

 more beautiful as a leaf plant. It does well in 

 windows, and is very tractable in many respects. 



Unhealthy Camellias. — One of the best 

 methods of restoring to health sickly Camellias, 

 is to cut them in severely, and plant in the open 

 ground. They will push into new growth of an 

 excellent character. They must be put into pots 

 again in September. They can be set out in the 

 full sun. 



WiNTER-BLOOMiNG FucHSiAS. — The Fuchsia is 

 an excellent plant for window culture, but, un- 

 fortunately, does not bloom well in the winter 

 season, when window flowers are the most de- 

 sirable. Some, however, have a decidedly winter- 

 blooming tendency ; and of these, Speciosa, 

 Coccinea major and Speciosissima are, probably, 

 the best. 



The LOVE of cut flow^ers is increasing in 

 England as well as in this country. The floral 

 establishments that make this branch a special 

 line are amongst the most successful of any 

 in horticulture ; and they vie with each other in 

 the introduction of new and special features. 



A Fine Pot Rose. — The Gardener's Record 

 says: "The Gardener's Chronicle, of Saturday 

 last, gives an illustration of one of the splendid 

 roses in pots, exhibited by Messrs. Paul & Son, 

 at Manchester, at the Great Whitsun Exhibition 

 held there last spring. The variety was Paul 

 Ricaut, and it Avas seven and a half feet in diam- 

 eter in one way, by five and a half feet in an- 

 other; and it was from four to five feet high. 

 The group, of which it formed a part, was con- 

 sidered bj^ Messrs. Paul <fe Son to be the finest 

 they had ever grown ; and the thirteen plants oc- 

 cui')ied in transit two large railway trucks, which 

 they thoroughly filled." 



Eucharis amazonica. — This is essentially a 

 lady's flower, both for hair and dress, combining 

 purity of color with delicate fragrance. Some 

 can scarcely command a bloom of this plant at 

 all, others flower their plants twice a year, and 

 some four times, which means never-out-of- 

 bloom. Some force them into flower with bottom 

 heat, and others starve them — that is, they rest 

 them in a pit or greenhouse, and flower them in 

 a stove. When there is such a diversity of opin- 

 ion, how is any one to decide correctly? 



" There are at least two, if not more, varieties 

 of E. amazonica, or the species are confounded. 

 There is a kind which commences growing in 

 December or January, and this has very much 

 stouter petioles, and very much shorter, with 

 considerably broader and thicker leaves, deeper 

 in color, and has larger heads of bloom, and 

 more numerous blooms than a variety which 

 commences growing or flowering in May, and 

 which is remarkable for its long leaf petioles, its 

 thinner-textured, smaller and paler-colored 

 leaves, and smaller flowers with a paucity of 

 them. Is not the former E. grandiflora syn. 

 ^amazonica, and the other E. Candida? I think so. 



" In January the bulbs are to be shook out of 

 the soil or the soil removed, and four or five of 

 the largest potted in a 10 or 11-inch pot, and 

 draining well, using a compost of three parts 

 turfy loam and one part each of well-rotted cow 

 dung and fibrous peat, and pot so as to just cover 

 the bulbs. Three bulbs may also be placed in an 

 8 or 9-inch and one in a 6 or 7-inch pot. Place 



