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process is adopted, and herein is one of the main advantages of 

 sowing early in the fall. 



Discussion. 



Mr. Orpet said that Aster JSfocce Anglke becomes a weed in the 

 garden. 



Professor B. M. Watson asked what success had been obtained 

 with Lilium auratuvi. Mr. Orpet answered that it was impossible 

 to make it grow more than two years, but as it is so cheap we 

 cannot complain of the necessity of renewing it. 



Nathaniel T. Kidder inquired about Tulipa Greigi. Mr. Orpet 

 said he had grown it for live years, and considered it one of the 

 best of spring plants. 



In answer to several questions by F. L. Temple, Mr. Orpet re- 

 plied that double Delphiniums, such as named French varieties, 

 often die the first winter after importation, but seeds saved from 

 these varieties and sown produce a large percentage of double 

 forms, and these are good permanent garden plants. Aquilegias, 

 too, often act in like manner, dying after the first flowering, and 

 are best taken care of when seeds are saved from the best forms 

 and species and sown each year. Hehnium autumnale is desira- 

 ble as a plant for the back border. He never knew the Oriental 

 poppy to winter kill. Gaillardias, however, are hardy perennials 

 which disappear after a short time. The double Lychnis chalce- 

 donica is a grand plant to grow in masses. It has been thought 

 to be new to cultivation, but was advertised in catalogues in 

 1832. He never knew it to grow four feet high ; generally it is 

 only two. As the double L. cholcedonica does not produce seeds, 

 it must be propagated by means of the suckers made at the base 

 of the old flower stems ; these may easily be rooted, but should 

 be wintered over in a cold frame until spring before planting out 

 in the oi)en ground. Lychnis vespertina fl. jjI. is more beautiful 

 and easier to propagate. 



Mr. Temple stated that he had had a form of Lychnis ves- 

 pertina fl. jjI. that had flowers as large as a Carnation, and it 

 was sent out as a new and beautiful form. 



J. Woodward Manning said that the Double White and Double 

 Scarlet I^ychnis chalcedonica grow from three to three and one- 

 half feet in America. He also spoke of the Gaillardias, which 

 are true perennials in England, but have the unfortunate habit 



