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a frame all the winter. The finest of the genus is C. venustus, which produces large white flowers, blotched with lilac, red, and yellow, but any calochortus the amateur may obtain will prove worth cultivating.

&mdash;This beautiful flower is always in great demand, and deserves the best attention the amateur can bestow upon it. The flowering season extends from November to May, but, as a rule, cinerarias are flowered from February to April. A fine display may be obtained from seedlings, but the named varieties are so grand in form and colour that those who have had some practice with the flower would do well to give