Why these plants are not more generally grown for bedding purposes I cannot understand. Nothing can be more beautiful than these plants with their gorgeous foliage. They certainly would be a great contrast, and, at the same time, would be a relief to our close-clipped and somewhat formal looking carpet beds. They do well in light, sandy soil, with plenty of well rotted manure dug in before planting. Caladiums succeed best in partly shaded places; that is, where they get but three or four hours' sun during the day. When planted where they are exposed to the sun all day they lose that brilliancy of coloring which is so necessary for a good effect. If allowed to get dry at the roots they also lose color. It is better to water Caladium beds in the morning, as by so doing they are kept warmer at night, and a more vigorous growth is the result. Care should be taken not to wet the leaves, as it has a tendency to take color from them. The second week in June is early enough to plant out. With the first signs of frost in the fall they should be taken up and placed in boxes, with a little soil round the bulbs. They then can be packed away under a side table near hot-water pipes.

After the leaves have dried off the bulbs should be taken out and cleaned, then placed back in fine dry soil or sand, until it is desirable to start them into growth for the coming summer. I find, for bedding purposes, the first week in May is early enough to commence; if put in heat much earlier than this they get long and weak in the leaf stems, and in consequence they are unable to bear the least wind or rain.

The following good old varieties are most suitable for bedding, they always look well and form good contrasts : Beethoven, Wightii, Alfred Bleu, Myerbeer, Laingi, Bicolor splendens, Chantinii, Donizetti, Triomphe de Exposition, Rouillard, E. G. Henderson and Argyrites. The last named variety makes a splendid edging, gives a fine finish to a bed, and it does remarkably well with me. I believe all the Caladiums will do well planted out with the exception, perhaps, of those with the yellow grounds. These are all very delicate, and I think would not stand out. I tried some of the new varieties last summer and they proved very satisfactory. The sorts were as follows : Jupiter, Monsieur A. Hardy, Leopold Robert, Clio, Anabel, August Lemoine, Cupreum, Madame M. Schaeffer and Perle de Brazil. These are very fine and effective either for pots or beds. Some of the corms of the above mentioned ones were six inches in circumference when taken out of the beds. I think this is a very good showing, considering they were only side corms when planted out. If these plants were given a place in the parks and some of the large private establishments, they would soon become general favorites.

Outside of watering, they require very little attention.

Before concluding my remarks about Caladiums, I would like to mention what appears to me a somewhat extraordinary strong growth of five bulbs of C. Chantinii; the five were grown in a I2-inch pot, three years consecutively; the circumference of the bulbs varied from eight and a half to twelve and a half inches, and their weight is two and a half pounds, avoirdupois. Gardener to Mr. Clarence H. Clark, West Phila.

[The superior culture apparent in the exhibits of Mr. Warne before the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society gives additional value to this communication. - Ed. G. M].