The Garden says that: "So rapidly has this noble stove plant grown in the estimation of the plant-growing public, that it is already almost as indispensable to the stove collection as is the lily of the valley and the white camellia to the bouquet-maker. Indeed, the Eucharis bids fair to rival either of these, even with the Covent Garden people, and it is very extensively used among cut flowers. For room, stove, and, in the summer, conservatory decoration, it is equally valuable. To this we have to add that the best plants of it ever shown were grown by Mr. Howard, gardener at Bedford Hill, Balham, and that his success resulted from heavy waterings occasionally with mild liquid manure, a gonial stove temperature, and repeatedly syringing them when in a state of growth. It is another illustration of the fact that cultivators generally have a poor idea of the true requirements of plants as regards moisture at the root when in a growing state. The splendid specimens we allude to, like other things grown by the same skillful cultivator, were not, when in want of water, simply watered once, but the first was considered merely a preliminary dose, and two others given.

The fact is that, instead of the common statement made so repeatedly in the gardening journals, that most plants perish from over-watering, being true, the opposite is the case. Most pot plants that die perish from insufficient watering. Let it not be inferred from this that we recommend frequent waterings: one thorough one will save a dozen dribblings such as gardeners too often give, and therefore save time, and be far more effective and wholesome for the plants.