The Michel Plant Company, St. Louis, writes: "We send by to-day's mail a specimen of a new single Tuberose, and also a spray of the common, by way of contrast. This originated with us a few years ago, and is a much freer bloomer, and often has, as is shown in the specimen sent, two or three branches on a stalk. The blooms are more erect, closer together, and recurved like a Fuchsia. It is with us a great acquisition for loose bouquets and cut flowers".

[This is certainly distinct from the common single white. In addition to the points noted by our correspondent, it is a clear white, while the common has a dull brown tint at the apex of each division of the flower-cup; while the general tint is just a little creamy. To our mind this is just such an improvement in the tuberose as the Harris variety of Lilium longiflorum is to the original species. - Ed. G M].