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white, carmine, rose, find purple, renders the tout ensemble 

 perfectly charming. Gradually lessen watering after the 

 1st of October, and by November merely keep in mois- 

 ture enough to ])reserve vitality ; place them in the out- 

 of-the-way part of the green-house, on a dry shelf, and at- 

 tend to merely keeping in life till February, and then com- 

 mence to sart them." 



For a summer conservatory they are unequalled, occu- 

 pying an otherwise nearly empty house, and delighting 

 you with their graceful flowers all the season. 



Young plants turned out into the flower-garden in 

 June, will continue to blossom until October; but they 

 must be placed in the coolest spot in the garden, where 

 they will receive t^ie benefit of the shnde during the mid- 

 dle of the day or the hot sun will injure the bloom. 

 Some of the new varieties are splendid. 



FUNKIA.-Day Lily. 



[A genus dedicated to a German botanist, named Funk.] 



Funkia OVata. — Blue Day Lily. — Is a plant with broad 

 ovate leaves ; flowers blue, in June and July ; two feet 

 high. 



F. SUbcordata* — Formerly Hemerocaliis or iunhiaJa- 

 ponica. — White Day Lily, — has large, pure white, frag- 

 rant flowers, which open daily in the month of August, 

 on stems one and a half to two feet high ; leaves broad 

 ovate, nerved. 



These and other Day Lilies are hardy, easily propagated 

 by division of the roots, and require little or no protec- 

 tion. 



A variety of Funhia has elegant variegated leaves, 

 highly ornamental, and well worthy of a place in the 

 garden. The flowers are in one-sided racemes, about one 



