The grand show made at Fairmount Park and particularly the exquisite display made by E. D. Sturtevant at Horticultural Hall at the meeting in September, have shown people how much pleasure these beautiful plants can give. Mr. Sturtevant had the famous Victoria regia both in leaf and flower, giving pleasure by the sight of its huge and wonderfully constructed leaves, and by the delicious fragrance the flower cast around. Then there was the pink Lotus of the Egyptians, with its parasol-like leaves pushing up above the water, as if in rivalry of the handsome flowers. Pond lilies or Nymphteas, scarlet, red, white and blue from different sections of the world were blooming together, and the Water Soldier, a sort of marine in the grand army of flora, contributed its share of interest to hundreds of observers. Many of these plants are tropical, and could not be raised wholly in the open air, but those who have greenhouses can advance them a little in tubs of water, and in this way have them forward enough to set out in May and get the bloom during the end of summer.