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AZALEA LIZZIE-NOTES ON LILIES. 
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AZALEA (INDICA) LIZZIE. 
WITH AN ILLUSTRATION. 
HIS fine Azalea lias twice passed the ordeal of the Floral Committee, 
LIj) on one occasion receiving a first-class certificate, and on the other a 
certification that its high character had been well maintained. Its 
chief peculiarities are its smooth surface, which gives it a perfect 
outline, its distinct markings, which take the form of stripes of 
bright carmine on a pure white ground, varying in breadth and disposition, 
and its great substance, which results in the long endurance of the flowers. 
We learn from Mr. Kingliorn, by whom it was raised, that this latter 
quality is very noticeable, the plants standing much longer in flower than 
those of any other variety. The flower opens with a greenish tinge, and 
blanches as it expands, so that the fully-developed flowers have a pure 
white ground, which is well set off by the well-defined and elegant 
markings. Like most of the varieties Mr. Kingliorn has sent out, this new 
striped Azalea is one which may be recommended with the highest confi¬ 
dence. We learn that the constitution and habit of the plant are all 
that can be desired. 
The improved varieties of greenhouse or Indian Azaleas are certainly 
not surpassed, if equalled, either for exhibition or conservatory decoration, 
as by a selection of the earliest, the medium, and the very late sorts they 
can be had in bloom from Christmas till the end of June. The earliest and 
most forward plants may be introduced to the forcing house from about the 
middle of October, at intervals, to keep up a succession of bloom. All the 
varieties, observes Mr. Kingliorn, at whatever season they bloom, are much 
improved in quality by being kept in rather a close warm temperature while 
expanding their blossoms. 
NOTES ON LILIES. 
•ELY desirable is it that some botanist would do for Lilies what the 
late Mr. Haworth did for the Narcissi. The genus, indeed, is a 
good one, and ought not to be broken up, but some of the species 
are either bad or insufficiently discriminated. This work of revision 
would be best performed by a botanist-cultivator, as the French call 
him—a collector resident near the metropolis, and having free access to 
books, and especially to living plants. Of course, such a student would 
consult herbaria, and standard books as “ Bedoute’s Liliaceie but the 
decisive appeal must be made to living specimens. Some authors, for 
example, confound the common Orange Lily and the Bulb-bearing Orange 
Lily; but they cannot have compared the plants in a growing state, and 
certainly have never examined the bulbs. If the reform alluded to does not 
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