Among the sweetest and best things for cut flowers is Stephanotis flori-bunda. It beats orange "blossom in fragrance, and will keep for a week without fading. The flowers bring enormous prices in Covent Garden market; still it does not pay. It takes too much room and comes in rather late in spring. A new dwarf and earlier kind has now been introduced called the Elvaston variety. If one can tell how to keep it clear of mealy bugs without much labor and trouble he will deserve well of the floral world.