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notice any new plant in this country. We have no large 

 growers who are in a position to take such a plant, prop- 

 agate it, and send it into the market, and many good seed- 

 lings are lost to cultivation. 



To the general grower we say, buy, for general display, 

 the old varieties, of which we have already given lists, or 

 order from some dealer a few hundred unnamed seedlings, 

 in which there will not fail to be many good flowers. 



Of new French varieties the best are, 



De Michel. Rose veined with lilac, throat dark carmine. 



Le Vesuve. Fiery red, very large flower. 



Murillo. Cherry red, all petals lined with white, with 

 large white spot on lower petals. 



Psyche. Light satin-rose, lower petals darker rose. 



Sirene. Salmon-rose. 



In England the prize varieties the last summer were 

 Mons. Legouve, Ondine, Hercules, Orpheus, Pactole, 

 Psyche, Warrior, Adolphe Brogniart, Sylvia, John Wa- 

 terer, Seda, Madame Despertes, Almathea, Felix, Shake- 

 speare, Xerxes, Meyerbeer, Triumphans, Talisman. 



FOKCING LILY OF THE VALLEY. 



Within the last few years Lilies of the Valley have been 

 very profitably forced by florists, the stalks bringing ten 



