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'THE LADIES' FLORAL CABINET. 
For a garden of moderate size the following twelve 
species would not only well represent the whole family, 
but furnish continual bloom from June until about the 
first of October. "We uote them in alphabetical order: 
1. AURATUM, 
the golden-banded Lily, that for size of flower and 
magnificence of appearance, it has no superior. The 
colors and markings of this species are variable, and 
dealers have separated the varieties, giving each a dis¬ 
tinctive name. The type, however, we should consider 
all that was required in an ordinary collection. 
3. ATROSANGUINEUM, 
an early blooming variety, with dark crimson, upright 
flowers, very showy. 
3. BROWNU, 
which is also known as Lilium Japonicum, a native of 
ChiBa, remarkable for its long trumpet-shaped flowers, 
ivory-white on the inside, and dark purple on the out¬ 
side. This is usually regarded as a tender Lily, and not 
much grown because of its liability to perish. We 
know of a clump of this beautiful species containing 
fifty or more specimens, that has not been disturbed in 
the last five or six years, yielding annually its gorgeous 
flowera in the greatest profusion. I would like to say 
here that the grower of these fine specimens has followed 
to the letter the instructions I have given you, and that 
that grower is a woman of wealth and refinement, but 
who is infinitely richer in the love she has for the 
flowers, the results of the labor of her own hands—a 
labor of love that she is not willing to have performed 
by others. 
4. CANDIDUM. 
which we have already noticed. 
5. EXCELSUM, 
an elegant species allied to Candidum; its flowers are 
drooping, with reflexed petals of a delicate nankeen 
color, with the minor petals covered with darker warty 
spots. The fragrance of this flower is delicate and 
pleasing. 
6 to 9. SPEClosuil. 
Of this species we should not consider our collection 
complete, unless we had four varieties, viz.: Prcecox, 
a strong grower, producing, when well established, 
twelve to fifteen very large, pure white flowers on a 
single stem, the petals are regular ( and much reflexed, 
often clasping the stem ; in the centre of the flower the 
petals are studded with delicate little projections, like 
crystal points. This variety differs materially from the 
well known Speciosum Album ; its flowers are larger, 
more symmetrica], more freely produced, while the 
habit of the plant is superior in every respect. Var 
Purpuratiun has the same general habit, with very dark 
rose-crimson flowers; the petals are seemingly rugged 
with rubies and garnets, and bordered with white. 
Var Punctatum: this is a rare variety differing from the 
others only by the delicate rose colored spots on their 
pure white petals. Var Roseum or Rubrum : this is tho 
most common and best-known variety. Much con¬ 
fusion exists in regard to its variety name. Somo 
dealers call it Roseum, others Rubrum, many send it 
out under both names, the result of which is, if you buy 
one you have both, and if you buy both you liavo but 
one, which one it matters but little ; as the color is in¬ 
termediate between Punctatum and Purpuratum, it is 
an important variety. These four varieties fairly repre¬ 
sent the species, and for a general display no more aro 
required, and for a good collection neither could well 
be omitted. 
10. LONGIFLORUM, 
the long-flowered White Lily, conspicuous among 
Easter flowers, as it is well adapted for forcing; it also 
thrives well in the garden, its pure white flowers con¬ 
trasting finely with the Atrosanguineum, flowering at 
the same time. 
' 11. TENUIFOLIUM. 
the earliest of all Lilies to flower in the garden, and one 
of the most remarkable, because of its brilliant scarlet 
flowers, borne in terminal clusters on very slender 
stems which are beautifully' clothed with grass-like 
foliage. 
13. TIGRINUM FLORE PLENO. 
Notwithstanding this is one of the much-despised Tiger- 
Lilies, it is, when well grown, one of the most noble and 
beautiful specimens in the garden. We have had single 
plants grow more than five feet high, with a diameter 
of two-and-a-lialf feet, bearing in a single season more 
than sixty flowers, continuing in bloom more than six 
weeks. 
In conclusion let me say, that in making a selection, 
you cannot well go wrong, for there is not a species or 
variety that is not worthy of a place in the garden. If 
you are successful in their cultivation, as you will be if 
you deserve to be, you will be sure to increase the num¬ 
ber of varieties annually, until you have either filled 
your grounds, or have secured a complete collection. 
You will also have observed that your investment, 
heavy as it may have seemed at the staid;, has relatively 
been small, as plants that are steadily and rapidly in¬ 
creasing in number, though they may cost one dollar 
each when you commence, are in the end much cheaper 
than those that require to be renewed annually, like all 
of the popular bedding plants. 
, LAVATERA ARBOREA VARIEGATA. 
(Variegated Tree-mallow.) 
This new ornamental-leaved plant is a sport from the 
old and well-known garden plant Lavatera Arborea, a 
hardy biennial, common on the English coasts and the 
south of Europe. It has long been grown as an annual 
in the more northern States, where it is liable to be 
killed in very severe Winters. The species are 
plants, and desirable when large masses are wan • 
For small gardens they have never met with m u 
favor. The variety which we figure in the P r ® s 
number, is a decided acquisition, it being one o 
