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FA311LTATI GARDEN FLOirER.S. 



There is a spotteil-leavcd variety of this arum. It is 

 catalog'ued as IliclinrdKi nlbii-iiiiicidalii , and is admirahly 

 figured in "Illustration Hortieole/' ISdi.lj p. o5. But no 

 art of man can convey a just idea of the Iteauty uf this 

 varietv ; a mass of it planted out in a bed constitutes one 

 of the freshest and most impressive of surprises; it is a 

 ■■o])er item in "sensational" gardening-. 



Many who vainly lament the inalnlity of the arum lily 

 ti) endure a severe winter in the open garden are unaware 

 of the geueriisity of nature in providing a hardy substi- 

 tute. We have in our water garden fine clumps of a 

 North American aquatic, dilla jhiln-ifi-ix, differing much 

 from C. .TJli'iiipii'ii , but bearing a family likeness, and 

 really very beautiful in its way. This plant is perfectiv 

 hardy, and increases fast and flowers freely in a bed beside 

 some still water, where' it needs to be ]ir(.ite(.-ted against 

 eneroaehinn' weeds. 



