I was just in time a day or so ago at the White House conservatory to see President Cleveland. Not the President himself, but a beautiful chrysanthemum, pure white, raised by Hallock & Thorp, and named for, and presented by them to, the President. It is a beauty.

Things are well done here. Crotons look good; also Rex Begonias. Begonia rubra, Hendersonii and Metallica are in large quantities for decoration and cutting from. Medinilla magnifica in bloom is a fine thing for this season of the year. Pancratium ovatum is a fine thing - eleven flowers on one spike. Centradenia grandiflora ought to be in every greenhouse for winter blooming. I most particularly admired two fine specimens of Phae-nicophorium Sechellianum, and a Vanilla aro-matica with beans on. Laelia anceps will shortly make a good show. At the Botanic Gardens is the best plant I ever saw of Ravenelea speciosa, which is the same as Urania Madagascariensis. Also nicely in bloom is Laelia peduncularis, Oncidium tigrinum and Odontoglossum Bictoniensis. Odon-toglossum ornithogalum is not half so much grown as it ought to be. It makes so much flower, and its aromatic perfume is agreeable to most people.