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it more closely resembles than any other. And no other 
lilies force as well as it does nor flower so freely. 
Those who have visited Bermuda speak in raptures 
of the lovely sight the vast fields of this lily present 
when in flower. The great demand for the bulbs for 
forcing purposes has caused many parties in Bermuda 
to engage in the business of raising the bulbs to sell to 
our florists and others, and acre on acre of them are 
to be seen in many places on the island. 
The treatment this lily requires is much as other 
common bulbs receive which are forced. There is first 
the potting the bulb, then keeping it in the dark, ac- 
complishing this by burying the pot deeply in ashes, 
sand, soil or other material until the pots are well filled 
with roots. Potted about August 1st and brought into 
a greenhouse two months later, flowers should be had 
by Christmas. For Easter use, brought into the green- 
house in January will be the right time. A little less 
or a little more heat can be given, as may seem neces- 
sary to have the flowers at the right time. 
Proposed Metropolitan ParK District for Providence, R. I 
A bill has been introduced into the Legislature of 
Rhode Island providing for a Metropolitan Park Com- 
mission for the establishment of a system of parks for 
Providence, R. I., similar to that of Boston. The 
commission is to be made up of the following officials, 
who are to serve for a term of one year : 
Chairman of the park commission of the city of 
Providence, mayors of the cities of Provi- 
dence, Pawtucket, Central Falls, the presi- 
dent of the towns of East Providence, 
Cranston, Warwick, Johnston, North Provi- 
dence and Lincoln, the president of Brown 
University, president of the chamber of 
commerce of Providence, the director of 
the Rhode Island School of Design, the 
president of the Providence Art Club, to- 
gether with Augustine Jones, Amassa M. 
Eaton, Henry A. Barber, Alfred Stone and 
John R. Freeman, representing the Public 
Park Association. 
It shall be the duty of the commission to 
consider the advisability of laying out 
ample open spaces for the use of the public 
in Providence and in the cities and towns in 
its vicinity, and to make maps and plans 
of such spaces and collect such other in- 
formation as they shall deem expedient and 
report to the general assembly at its next 
session, January, 1905. The act allows the 
commission to spend $5,000 in carrying out 
its work. 
Providence and its immediate suburbs in 
the area shown on the accompanying map 
had a population of 318,000 in 1900, which 
is now estimated at 357,000, or more than 
two-thirds of the population of the State 
of Rhode Island. 
This movement for a ‘‘Greater Provi- 
dence” is the result of the efforts of the 
Providence Public Park Association. The 
plan calls for the establishment of a com- 
prehensive system of parks and public 
grounds, and adequate connecting highways 
surrounding the city. The circuit of 
the city through its proposed roadways and parks is 
about eighteen miles, and the plans indicate supple- 
mentary parks and roadways of about eighteen miles 
more, most of the roadways being of great value as 
highways, in addition to their other uses. Many pic- 
turesque sites and points of historical interest would 
become interesting features of the system. 
