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laborers, I now believe, cut the turves with- 
out the roots, for although salt water was tried for 
watering he never succeeded with his lawn of “sea 
thrift.” Several varieties of A. elongata, varying 
in color from white to purple, are in gardens, so 
also are varieties of A. latifolia ; probably a dozen 
or more species and well marked varieties of vary- 
ing height, color and hardihood could be gotten 
together, and they are well worth getting. 
Limonia strum, in 2 varieties, are sub-shrubby 
blue flowered plants from Sicily and other western 
Mediterranean points. 
Plumbago has 12 species scattered over the 
warmer parts of the world. P. scandens, with 
white flowers, is found wild in South Florida. P. 
capensis and its whitish variety are hardy in parts 
of California and South Florida. P. rosea is East 
Indian, and has been in cultivation since i 777 ) but 
was lost for many years prior to (about) i860, 
when the superior Neilgherry form was reintroduced 
by way of Ceylon. I never met with this plant 
wild, but imagine it is a woodland plant, growing 
at the lower elevations. Its requirements are quite 
tropical. 
Ceratostigma is in 3 or 4 species from China, 
the Himalayas and Abyssinia. C. plumbaginoides 
is a beautiful blue flowered hardy perennial from 
China, often met with in gardens, and the better of 
a covering of leaves northward. 
Hottonia “featherfoil,” in 2 species of water 
weeds, constitute a tribe. They are found in 
streams and ponds in Europe, Eastern Siberia and 
Northeastern America. 
Anagallis, “weather-glass,” has 17 species in 
temperate and sub-tropical regions. The British 
“pimpernel,” A. arvensis, is the plant of which it 
has been said ; “ Closed is the pink-eyed pimper- 
nel, ’twill surely rain.” There are several others 
of various colors. 
James MacPhcrson. 
[To be continued.) 
THE MAGNOLIA LOTUS. 
(nelumbjum album grandiflorum. ) 
It is not the good fortune of everyone to pos- 
sess a lovely magnolia and but few know it is pos- 
sible to have a flower that is even larger, more fra- 
grant, more graceful and of a richer color than one 
of our southern magnolias. But such is true of 
this noble aquatic. At a distance it very much re- 
sembles a huge magnolia the color being a clear 
pearly white, while the outside of the outer petals 
are softened with cream at their bases. The text- 
ure is fine and uniform as in N. Roseum. The 
stamens are long, numerous and prominent; color 
bright sulphur yellow. The seed pod is of the 
same rich color, displaying well the beautiful waxy 
pistils. Both foliage and flowers are stronger and 
more bulky than that of Egyptian Lotus; the flow- 
ers open out wider, the petals are broader and more 
rounded. It is the largest of all the lotuses, often 
measuring ten to twelve inches across. The foliage 
of itself is very commanding, comes immediately 
into notice, and is as showy as caladium esculentum. 
This plant is very attractive and graceful aside 
from its gorgeous flowers, which are always to be 
seen, on good specimens. Its habit and culture 
afford a pleasant, interesting fascination from the 
NELUMBIUM ALBUM GRANDIFLORUM. 
day of planting — a peculiarity unexplainable but 
rarely met in a flower. 
Its blooming period extends from June to last 
of September in this latitude. It is one of the best 
for tubs and being for ages under rigid culture in 
China and Japan, submits freely to crowded tanks 
and ponds. It is hardy anywhere in the United 
States and Southern Canada. 
The accompanying illustration shows a bud, a 
half open blossom, a flower four days old and a ripe 
seed pod, with one of the large leaves in the back 
ground. 
I have cultivated every variety of water lily for 
a number of years and pronounce this one of the 
best. Geo. B. Moidder. 
