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price in twenty years has gone from fifty dollars per 

 hundred to five dollars per hundred flowers, with little 

 demand even at that low price ; still, it seems a capricious 

 and invidious " boycott " against this grand flower, and 

 the day may yet come when it will be appreciated as 

 it deserves. The Camellia requires winter treatment and 

 temperature similar to the Azalea cool, partial shade 

 and low temperature for the best results. To such as 

 desire full particulars of propagation and general manage- 

 ment of the Camellia I would refer them to the excellent 

 work on the " Culture of the Camellia and Azalea," by 

 Robert J. Halliday, Baltimore, Md. 



EUCHARIS. 



When the Eucharis, or Lily of the Amazon, is grown 

 successfully, it is greatly valued, being much used in 

 the best funeral work. The point is to get clean, healthy 

 plants, free from mealy bug (which is a great pest to 

 this plant). Keep potting it on as required until Octo- 

 ber. When the ball is well matted with white roots it 

 may be grown in a partially shaded greenhouse, both 

 during summer and winter, with a night temperature in 

 winter of sixty or sixty-five degrees. Water should be 

 sparingly given after the pots have become filled with 

 roots, only enough to keep the plants from wilting, from 

 September to October, until the plant begins to throw up 

 flower shoots in November, when it may be watered 

 freely. There are several species now, but the best for 

 winter appear to be E. candidus and E. grandiflorus. 



TROP^EOLUMS. 



The single and double scarlet Tropaeolums, when 

 trained on rafters, which can be often done without 

 much interfering with the growth of other plants in the 

 greenhouse, are very useful, particularly for country 

 florists having a local demand for cut flowers, as few 



