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good qualities. Champion lias nothing 

 to recommend it except its rampant 

 growth and productiveness. 



Brighton I at first thought a feeble 

 grower ; but as wood became more 

 plentiful and nurserymen sent out 

 vigorous vines, it came to be known as 

 an average grower and perfectly hardy. 

 The berries are red or wine-colored, and 

 veiy sweet, rather smaller than those 

 of the Concord ; bunches medium to 

 large. I cannot better illustrate the 

 general verdict than by saying that as 

 a table grape it meets wide approba- 

 tion. Among twenty odd varieties 

 people will pick the Brighton. 



Lady, too, seemed a slow grower at 

 first, but now it is vigorous and hardy. 

 It is a white grape, and liable to be 

 mistaken for Concord by one who did 

 not see its color, but it is rather sweeter. 

 Tested on the table it competes with 

 Brighton for first place. Prentiss thus 

 far is not its equal, but I do not claim 

 to have fairly tested the latter. 



Brighton and Lady follow Moore's 

 Early closely in time of ripening, and 

 will easily lap over the time of the 

 Woi'den. One vine each of these four 

 varieties will cost less than $2, and will 

 do something to convince the most 

 stubborn that American grape culture 

 is making rapid stiides. — Cou7itry Gen- 

 tleman. 



GRAPES FOR COLD CLIMATES. 



If we name the Concord, Moore's 

 Early, Wordeu and Delaware, we have 

 come to the end of those that can be 

 invariably relied on. The Brighton is 

 most excellent, but sometimes mildews 

 and is an entire failure. The Eumelan 

 is less shown than any other equally 

 good grape ; last year they were as good 

 as out-door grapes could be. Of Rogei-'s 

 hybrids, the Massasoit and Wilder are 

 among ibe best ; the Lindley is less 

 productive, Vjut when in perfection is 

 as good as any foreign grape. If the 



Francis B. Hayes continues as good as 

 last year, it will be unquestionably the 

 best white grape and will carry the 

 name of the ])resident of the society 

 down to future generations. The 

 Prentiss is not grown as much as it 

 should be. The Pocklington was not 

 ripe when shown at our annual exhibi- 

 tion last year. For New England we 

 must require earliness. The Concord 

 fails to ripen once in four or five years. 

 Dr. Fisher, one of the best cultivators, 

 lost his crop twice in twelve years. — 

 Mass. Hort. Society s Discussions, 



THE AMAZON LILY. 



(Eucharis Amazonica) 



Of all the white flowers exhibited at 

 our flower shows, none attract more 

 general and deserved attention than 

 this comparatively new plant. It is a 

 native of Granada, belongs to the Am- 

 ai'yllis family, and requires, for winter 

 forcing at least, hot-house treatment. 

 The flowers, which are produced in 

 trusses of from four to eight, are of 

 rare beauty, chaste in form, pure white 

 and deliciously fragrant, and — what 

 gives additional value to the plant — 

 may be produced at any season of the 

 year. In fact, a dozen of plants pro- 

 perly managed will furnish flowers all 

 the year round. 



There are two ways of growing this 

 plant. One, says a writer in Garden- 

 ing Illustrated, is to pot them without 

 division, the way in which large speci- 

 mens are obtained ; and the other is to 

 divide frequently, growing the large 

 bulVjs in single pots. The latter plan 

 answers best for room decoration. They 

 may be grown well either in loam and 

 leaf-mold, or in pure turfy peat. To 

 }>lo()m them freely they require a period 

 of rest after a season of growth. This 

 lest is obtained by moving the plants 

 to a lower temperature, and, as they 

 are evergreen, water must never be 

 withheld so far as to cause the leaves 



