538 FORCING THE WHITE LILAC. 



heat — a degree which we never think of giving to anything 

 of the kind in England, and the total shade to which they 

 are subjected, effect the bleaching. The French commence 

 to cut the white Lilac at the end of October, and continue 

 the operation till it comes in flower in the open ground. In 

 the same establishments enormous quantities of Roses are 

 forced, small, pretty, and unopened rose-buds being in great 

 demand in Paris. 



