Mr. R. L. Blair, Des Moines, Iowa, writes: "In the August Monthly, you say Farfugium grande is the only variety worthy of cultivation. I send you by mail to-day a box of leaves from a variety I have, which I consider finer than F. grande, and of equally as good growth. These leaves were cut from a large specimen in a 12-inch pot. The markings of white, cream, and pink are very beautiful and distinct, no two leaves being alike; some are all white, some half white and green, others green and white stripe. I should like to know the name".

[The inquiry in the August number had reference to species of Farfugium. The leaves sent are still but a variety of F. grande, but yet are, from a horticultural point of view, very distinct from the old form. Instead of merely spotted as that one is, these are full striped, or as the gardener would say, variegated. - Ed. G. M].