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from the cross between rubrnm and chalcedonicum, we look 

 for some marked varieties : if the fiery brihiancy of the latter 

 can be added to the former, some good results may be antici- 

 pated. Crossing the Japan lilies with each other cannot lead 

 to any thing very decided; as seedhngs raised from rubrnm, 

 impregnated with album, and vice versa, have either resem- 

 bled the intermediate form of punclatum, or nearly approached 

 the rubrum. Col. Wilder, of Dorchester, has raised several 

 of this character. We would urge upon amateurs the propri- 

 ety of producing seedlings by fertilization, and ultimately 

 some great results may be attained. 



General Remarks. 



It has been supposed that the Japan lilies would prove per- 

 fectly hardy in our climate, and thus become great acquisi- 

 tions to our gardens. Experiments have been tried, and they 

 have been found to succeed tolerably well. Their hardiness 

 would certainly be a valuable quality ; but, so far as we have 

 seen them from the open air, they have been poor representa- 

 tives of those under the treatment we have detailed. The 

 truth is, the texture of the flowers, and their exquisite tints, 

 are altogether too delicate to be exposed to our scorching suns, 

 high winds, and drenching rains : and although they may 

 display their flowers under the ordinary treatment of the 

 white and tiger lilies, yet the short duration of their beauty 

 will afford no satisfaction to the admiring amateur ; on the 

 contrary, the facility with which they are cultivated, the long 

 time they remain in perfection, and their adaptation as orna- 

 ments either of the conservatory, greenhouse, balcony, or 

 verandah, will ever place them first in the rank of in-door 

 plants. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. Foreign Notices. 



TURKEY. 



Gardening on the Bosphorus. — The following notes on the state of Hor- 

 ticulture around Constantinople were not written for publication ; but as 



