CURRENT GARDEN LORE. 



of western packers have gone to Bordeaux in order to 

 inform themselves regarding the canning process. It is 

 a very simple one, the truffles being partly boiled, as 

 tomatoes, asparagus and other vegetables, and then 

 jarred and sealed in their own diluted juice. All meat 

 and game products are also "truffled," the vegetable be- 

 ing cut into small squares and inserted into the substance 

 of the article preserved. 



Lilium Nepalense. — This singularly beautiful lily 



grown under glass the stem is of a greenish purple, the 

 nodes being of a deeper shade. The leaves are of a deep 

 shiny green, from two to three inches long and about 

 one inch broad, the upper leaves being cordate, much 

 shorter and broader. The whole plant reminds one 

 more of a littonia or methonica than a lily. The flowers, 

 few in number, are nodding, funnel-shaped, the segments 

 revolute, from three to four inches long and from one 

 inch to an inch and a half broad, deep purple, tinted and 



Flower of Liliu.w Nepalense: reduced one-half in diameter 



LiLiUM Nepalense. 



was introduced into cultivation in 18S7 or 188S. The 

 bulb is globular, from one and a half to two inches long 

 and three-quarters of an inch broad, of a deep purple 

 color, the roots long, fleshy, and always remaining on 

 the bulb when in a healthy state. The stem, which ap- 

 pears as in most Indian lilies rather late, is smooth, of a 

 beautiful deep purple color, especially when the plant is 

 exposed to the full light and is grown outdoors the 

 color then being much more intense. It grows from 

 three to four feet high and is rather slender. When 



spotted with brownish purple, the ground color pale sea- 

 green, sometimes yellowish green ; the tips are sea-green, 

 sometimes tinted purple, the outside being greenish pur- 

 ple, tinted deep purple, often spotted brown. This dif- 

 ference of coloring is, however, hardly perceptible to the 

 ordinary observer. The anthers are golden yellow, the 

 stigma light green — a most beautiful combination of 

 color. — Gardeners' Magazine . 



Two Heads on One Cabbage-Plant. — Put out your 

 Jersey Wakefield in the usual way ; only use the very best 



