Two novelties among flowers have been discovered, so rare and wonderful that we are almost tempted to treat them as of fables until their verity is established by our own vision. One is a black lily in Santa Clara, California, with three large blossoms, each nine inches long, and perfectly black outside of the green petals. The other is to be seen at Constantinople, and described by an eye-witness as bolonging to the narcissus genus of bulbs. The flower represents a perfect humming-bird. The breast, of bright emerald green, is a complete copy of this bird, and the throat, head, beak and eyes are a perfect imitation. The hinder part of the body, and the two outstretched wings, are of a bright rose color, one might almost say flesh colored. These wondrous bulbs should have been sent to the Vienna exhibition. They will be in abundance by the time of our Centennial Celebration in 1876. And yet they can hardly be greater curiosities than the strange and mysterious "Sancta Spiritu" flower from South America, with its life-like representation of doves.