Grmving Ccdlas. 



Pierre Izanibert {Gantreaii), deep velvety I purple, of fine form, and very free flowering, 



crimson red, petals beautifully recurved, 

 full, large and of vigorous growth. 



Madame George Schwartz {Schniartz), a 

 superb rose color, very beautiful, free flow- 

 ering, and one of the best new roses out. 



Alexander de Humboldt — deep red, petals 

 edged with white, flowering abundantly, and 

 robust in growth. 



and vigorous growth. 



Mrs. Laing {E. Verdier), a bright car- 

 mine rose color, elegant dark green foliage ; 

 a superb rose of vigorous growth. 



These are a few onlj' of the flowers from 

 importations of last spring, and I cannot say 

 as yet they excel in beauty some of those of 

 1871 and '72, some of which have blos- 

 somed for us for two years, and several we 

 Candide— large and full, rose of a delicate thought only ordinary proved, last year, to 



flesh color, changing to white ; very at- 

 tractive. 



Madame Poignant [Pradel), a beautiful 

 bright rose color, very free in flowering, very 

 fragrant, and a delightful rose. 



Enfant de Chatillion — a beautiful redish 



be indeed charming flowers of the most bril- 

 liant colors, whilst others were as delicate 

 in their rosy hues as the choicest Teas, such 

 as Madam La Baronne de Rothschild, Mar- 

 quise de Castellane, Princess Christian, etc., 

 though retaining all the hardy qualities of 

 the old varieties. 



G-rowing Callas. 



BY EBEN E. REXFORD. 



"VrOT long since I was at a friend's, and, { treatment would be the death of a flower> 

 -1-^ on going through her conservatory, was but, on the contrary, the Calla likes it. lu 

 much struck with the luxuriant growth of a ! September she brings the pots in, and be- 

 Calla. The leaves were borne on stems | gins to give the plants water. A very short 

 three feet or more in length, and such time sufiices to start them into growth. As 

 leaves ! I never dreamed that Calla leaves ; soon as the leaves appear, she makes the 

 could grow so large before. They were of ; water quite warm. The result is, that her 

 the richest green, too ; and everthing about j Callas are superior to any I ever saw before, 

 th'^ plant indicated that it was in the most She boasts on having larger flowers than 

 perfect health. It had one bud, on a stalk any one else, and, judging from the size of 



three feet long, which was as large as my 

 Calla buds had ever been when they had 



the half matured bud I saw, she has founda- 

 tion for saying so. She tells me that her 



attained full growth, and were ready to Callas are never without flowers through the 

 unfold ; and this bud was hardly half ma- winter, often as many as four or five open at 



tured, thus giving promise of becoming an 

 immense flower if nothing happened to pre- 

 vent its developing. 



I asked the secret of such magnificent 

 success in Calla growing, and my friend told 

 me in what it consisted. In June she takes 

 her callas out of doors, and turns the pots 

 containing them over on their sides under a 

 tree, or in some shady place, and there she 

 leaves them through the hot summer months, 

 giving them no attention whatever. Of 

 course the old leaves die and fall off", and 

 the earth in the pots bakes into the consis- 

 tency of brick ; one would think such harsh 



once. She never removes the new ones 

 which form about the old plant, but, as they 

 grow, shifts the plants into large pots. 



I have seen so many sickly, spindling Cal- 

 las that I want to have my friends try this 

 method ; I am trying it ; I put mine out of 

 doors last summer, and brought it in two 

 months ago, and it is flourishing finely. It 

 is an easy plan to try, and I am sure it is a 

 successful one. I ought to have said before 

 that my friend's conservatory is heated from 

 a stove in the sitting-room, therefore this 

 treatment will apply where only a few house 

 plants are kept, and steam-heating is not used. 



