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making a profusion of foliage, which is marbled with reddish 

 bronze : the colour of the flowers is a deep vinous red with slight 

 traces of subdued yellow on each petal. The stamens, as in 

 several of the darker hybrids, are of deep orange shade, thus 

 increasing the attractiveness of the flower. Young plants of it 

 blossom quite freely. 



N, odorata sulphur ea and N. odorata sulphurea grandiflora 

 may be termed the "Cactus Water-lilies," as their petals are 

 narrow and most numerous, likewise at times twisted as in the 

 Cactus Dahlia. The colour is a clear deep sulphur-yellow, and 

 in size quite equal to the N. Harliacea group. The distinctive 

 affix of "grandiflora" well describes its quality. Last season 

 these both flowered very well late in the summer, their blossoms 

 being sent up some 6 or 8 inches above the water. 



N. Caroliniana nivea and N. Caroliniana perfecta were both 

 added last year ; but so far they have not made good progress, 

 through, I have no doubt, being badly placed. They are both, I 

 know, excellent varieties, with rather narrow petals, and sweetly 

 scented also. In colour the former is pure white and the latter 

 a deep flesh-colour. For fragrance these are, I think, the best 

 of any. 



N. flammm is our latest addition, but as yet it is not well 

 established. In growth it appears to be moderate, whilst its 

 specific name denotes its colour. It is in this respect more 

 brilliant than N. fulgens. 



PERPETUAL STRAWBERRIES. 

 By Mons. Henry de Vilmoein, F.R.H.S. 



[Read August 23.] 



Strawberries are so wholesome and health-preserving, as w T ell 

 as so delicious a fruit, that it is small wonder if every one should 

 endeavour to make the season during which they are available 

 last as long as possible. Now this achievement is actually not 

 only a remote possibility, but an accomplished fact, and brought 

 within reach of every one by the introduction of perpetual large- 

 fruited Strawberries. We call those races perpetual which bear 

 flowers twice or several times in the course of one summer as 

 contrasted with those which usually bloom only once. 



