LlLIUM LANCIFOLITTM. 
sprinkled- over the petals of the L. lancifolium 
speciosum. Our illustration gives a good idea of 
the shape and form of the flower; but without 
colors, it is impossible to convey any .adequate 
idea of the beauty of the roseate hue with which 
the flower is suffused. 
The culture of this species of lily is very simple. 
The compost for them should be sandy loam and 
well rotted hot-bed manure, in equal parts, and a 
sixth part of white sand. They will be found to 
grow much stronger, and produce finer and more 
* numerous flowers in such a compost, than in heath 
mold only, as it is the practice of many to grow 
them. This may Be relied on from our own ex¬ 
perience, extended over many years of their cul¬ 
ture. They should be potted the beginning of 
January, for they commence their annual growth 
at root thus early, and if delayed, the rootlets 
from the bulb are liable to be injured. The bulbs 
should be shaken.out from the old mold entirely, 
and placed two inches under the surface, in a pot 
of a size that leaves two inches between the bulb 
and the side of the pot, and then put in a green¬ 
house, or a cold frame. But no water should be 
given until it is observed to shoot up through the 
earth. Then water must be supplied gradually 
at first, but liberally as the growth progresses. In 
about six weeks from the appearance of the stem 
above the earth, it may be shifted with benefit 
into a pot two sizes larger than the former, 
taking care not to break the ball of earth, and to 
place it one inch deeper in this ppt than it was in 
the last. The middle of May the pots may be 
placed out of doors, where they get the morning 
sun only, for two or three hours, and they will 
bloom the finer Tor it. But the sides of the pots 
should be protected by moss or some non-conduc¬ 
tor of heat, from the action of the sun. After 
blooming, continue watering till the leaves begin 
to turn yellow, then discontinue it, and let the 
bulbs rest till the end of the year. 
Answers to Inquiries. 
Comstock’s “Terra Cultube.” —Do you 
know anything of Russell Comstock’s Terra Cul¬ 
ture?” Is it humbug? We are about trying to 
raise money to purchase his mode of Culture. 
Yours, Geo. Talbot. Centerville, Michigan. 
Having always regarded this scheme as a hum¬ 
bug, we. never took the trouble to inquire into 
arid pay for the secret. We observe, however, 
that the Rural New Yorker has “taken the re¬ 
sponsibility” of divulging it; or, as the self-styled 
“.Professor ” terms it, of “ disclosing the disclos¬ 
ures.” The-theory appears to be simply this— 
that the part in every plant just at the junction of 
the root and trunk or stalk, is the seat of life; 
hence setting a plant too deep, or too shallow, af¬ 
fects the seat of life, and the plant or tree dies or 
is injured. How many seats of life has a goose¬ 
berry bush or grape vine, which will afford by 
cuttings and layers, a thousand new plants? or 
how many has a potatoe or a paulowriia, whose 
roots will afford as many? Is a man’s nose the 
seat-of life, because if covered he will be smother¬ 
ed and die? 
To this theory,'it appears he has attached many 
valuable and well known facts in cultivation—- 
valuable, and well worth the dollar to those who 
