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ern States three distinct species, Canadense, Superbum 
and Philadelphicum. The first of these (see illustration) 
is by far the most common, and is intermediate in time 
of flowering between the other two species. It grows 
from two feet to four feet high, and bears, on slender 
stems, terminal clusters of drooping, bell-shaped blos¬ 
soms, usually of an orange color, thickly spotted with 
deep brown. There is of this species numerous varie¬ 
ties, the variation being in the color of the flowers only. 
One of the most showy is C. rubrutn, which has bright 
red flowers, with but few spots. C. flavum has bright, 
golden-yellow flowers, much spotted at the base of the 
petals. There are three species from the Pacific coast 
very similar, L. parvum , yellow ; L. columbianum , red¬ 
dish yellow, and L. nitidum, red. All these varieties 
are of the easiest culture, growing freely and producing 
their flowers in the greatest abundance, in almost any 
soil or situation. They are admirably adapted to the 
shrubbery border, delighting in the partial shade afforded 
by the rhododendrons and azaleas, and furnishing a sec¬ 
ond blossoming season to the borders that otherwise 
would have but one. 
L. superbum is a habitant of our swamps and is the 
most stately of our native lilies, growing, in favorable 
situations, from six to ten feet in height, bearing from 
ten to forty beautiful crimson or. orange-red blossoms, 
thickly spotted with chocolate-brown. This species is 
distinguished from L. Canade 7 ise by its purplish stems 
and by its pyramidal cluster of flowers. 
This lily delights in a deep, rich, swampy soil, and does 
remarkably well among trees or shrubs. It does well 
also in exposed situation, but in dry soils it does not in¬ 
crease rapidly. 
L. Philadelphicum is a more delicate-growing plant, 
and delights in dry, gravelly situations. It abounds in 
woods and neglected pastures, where the soil is light 
and sandy. It grows from one to two feet high, usually 
taller in its wild state than when cultivated. Flowers 
one to five, erect, cup-shaped and of a fiery orange-red 
color, with black at the base of the petals. This is one 
of the few plants that does not improve by cultiva¬ 
tion. Although it succeeds well in the garden, it is 
onjy to be seen in its greatest perfection in its native 
habitat. 
We propose making the lilies of the Pacific coast the 
subject of an article at an early day. 
HOW WE GROW HELIOTROPES FOR WINTER FLOWERING. 
O UR greenhoulb is an east and west one, moderately 
wide, with a middle bench, the earth of which is 
raised a foot and held in place with edge-boards. At 
convenient distances apart, we placed across this bed 
bottomless boxes, one foot high, two and a half feet 
wide, and the width of the bed in length. The bed and 
these boxes were then filled with good rich soil, composed 
principally of rotten sods. A hard-wood stake, long 
enough to reach from the ground to the roof of the green¬ 
house, was nailed to the centre of the outside end of each 
box. The heliotropes were then planted fifteen inches 
apart and about nine inches from the edge of the 
boxes. As the plants grew, we fastened wires back¬ 
ward and forward to the stakes and tied the helio¬ 
tropes to them. 
To-day, two and a half years from planting, the 
roots are enormous; the branches loaded with buds 
and flowers reach to the very roof of the green¬ 
house, which at the north side is ten feet high, and 
the clumps would measure nearly four feet across. The 
plants are kept well watered, and about once a week 
liquid manure is given them. In summer, we let them 
go dry about two months, then trim them back well, 
at least two feet away from the glass, then top-dress 
the earth between them with a good coat of well- 
rotted manure. We cut thousands of heads of flowers, 
although the thermometer frequently stands as low as 
45° in the morning. Plant light varieties by themselves, 
and dark by themselves, and heat your greenhouse with 
hot water. C. 
ROSES. 
The Propagation of Tea-Roses, their Subsequent Treatment and the Raising of New Varieties. 
T HE rose has been cultivated for generations by our 
ancestors, and, as history tells us, with great enthu¬ 
siasm, but at no period has its cultivation reached what it 
has done in the last quarter of a century. 
Of the rose, that veteran rosarian, S. Reynolds Hole, 
says: “ He who would have beautiful roses in his garden 
must have beautiful roses in his heart,” and I offer as an 
apology, my love of the rose, if in the course of the re¬ 
marks I am about to make, I should tire my hearers—of 
the rose. 
To make myself clearly understood on this subject I 
will treat it under three heads : 
1. Tea-roses and their culture. 
2. H. P. or H. Remontant and their culture. 
3. New roses. 
First, the tea-rose is the most important flower, I may 
say to nearly every member of the Society of American 
Florists; its cultivation is extending all over this vast 
country, and to assist those who are trying to grow this 
queen of flowers, whether it is for pleasure or profit, is 
