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INTRODUCTION 



Confticlt^nna, h«%%tTcr. tlit vtry ntiriTDarable sflu^oLi of lti73f, ji^nl the wmil of time to i-BtibU^li ihe plnnta, 

 )hln Wii.s«j,">: i:\].tTiii]t1it jNromuitfl a coti ^Idci-nhk mtaatin; of aqcceH, anci « cttrtnirily ^^ verj- inttrtiLin^ OH*. 

 I Jim iiflt^ however, lutlliied to Mffive tlmt he will ^icctt-J hl eHttMLhlim- all or i]rarl> nil the l-i!i«fi in ft wool! 

 ni^j hiun Uiaii 111 a ^ELd^ii t aihdp KriiiiderTig Uic V4iritcl nature of ihm habitats It i* n«t *" h^ z^^^d that he 

 should in vU «ii^ buccchJh 



A tliLur^ ^hicli lia> bL^^i staitecl and written on nt ^rrat kn^tl^ '^y a cormpornlHjnt of - The Gnrdcd ' 

 tilllimK himself "Dv^tDlS." wstfl ihi! ailuUS^I vtnt-wiil of thr hnlh^ of l.ilit*!, W, I hclme^ fouildnyJ on an tnljre 

 iuibiaEM?ftht'hSLiMl i^fth^i fuiictiucLH uf their bnlLs. 



'rills writer, a^ fiir b^ 1 c^n iii3d*ir^>laiid liw ^try Icnglhy Mmmun^tLotis, tuftiiiuins that the likilh of u U]y 

 i^ roni|jh(ilj ftb^orlicd bj the flowering *tcm, and enlirelj' renewed snnuaUy bj a new growth of acelcs iu iks 

 Ihtrnor. lie rcapQjis tliH^froni tlifit the |>roper season to lift and [faniplflnl the bullw <^T Lilie* is iramcdiitdjr 

 flflcr the fluwers have uJthtrL-cL. Till -.^iLcnilly receiTcd opinion thnt the leaves of tlie i^lant hare ctHialderable 

 jnflutnec in maturiij^r lilt |>fOwth of tht bulh. inul as^Kting iL to &COTe up UiC ncttSiftrv iiourifthiMnl Ibr the neit 

 jtftr'fl floTvcr^^tt-nt, is rhlicukd Ly thh writer ^ biil, in tllO HMrres|>o]idenLL- ivhleli toot [ilaee in "IllO Gardcup' hid 

 theory wafl. I thinh.succesHfnlly di^|5rovo(l hy w^ernl ofourU^t Lil^ -groivf rs. 1 bihev^; tiiyiielftluit o continuous 

 growth of titW SCJih". from thc^ a^l^ of the Imlb h ton^tdUtly lakiti- |51uhW at nil SEaSOoip th0Ui(h mud] niuro 

 netipcly in tbe Sirring nnd hummer, antl ihjt thif: ^icyvsKh oihl} uL-j>if-: wlivM iht' Imlb ha^ attained its niAHLtnum 

 tltvelopmeiit ur whin elieck^^l liy removal or by some other CftUSC nflcoting its licalth- 'Olt deTelopmi:nt of the 

 iietdliii^ phmis aii L]{am;ncd by xM. DutiiAnTRE ceniLiily bcar^ out thi^ opmlon. 



Tl]f pioiMaJimn of [jlio* L* effected Ln various way^ .— fir^t* by divwion of the hulh^n which inerense 

 in|hhdly in itn^sl of the L]iiroiiean and in nuoy of the Amcrirnii nnd Jupiiciuw flprfit'^ ; ^cccmdLy, by pIlUiIihe 'he 

 hulbl^jtfl which are foriiUNl in tht a:til>: of the leaves of t., lj>-iNjrm ftiul t, Mblf^\tm, aihd at the crown of the 

 bulb or on the ha^e of the stem in twitiy other ^periEB- tlairdlj^by seed^ which, though a tedious and somewhat 

 dLtllH-^li proct-BSp iin hi m:mv eUKts, th& only waj by whccli an Im-rea^ e*n he obtained. For in&tAnH:^, L Jrujfiiwj- 

 t^Yiojrnm, Iltmb^Jif, cti/imltt^^f^m. ;jfi^y>t*yH*rtw, Cflfi-a^", phikMpfitri^m, ncvcr^ e^ f^r as 1 h*Te seen^ inCTH&ft 

 ihemMiLves by division or bulllet^ whilst In the ca$eof£. ^^s^um, corJj/oiixim^ icHitiff^lumr &nti pt^tfA^ff^m sizcdiih^ 

 Kccms to be the normal manner of reprodudlnn. Judj^ing from the groups in which we find Lilica grorfinn m 

 thtli" iiatuL halnlut^, many spccteft, sueh aa L- cntr^m dihd L, pytflifliflfiH, which in ^rdeus Increase more readily 

 by ott&et^, are pro|)a>^led hy te«l under natuial eoihdition^. 



GerminatiotL taWc-^ pUcc vtrj- iriej^ularly in diflcrciht S|pccles, nnd according to the time at ivhieli the scada 

 are ^own. Ad a nilo, it miy be said that, if eown as soon ns iii>e, tlie seed will gtrcuiLutf In h|prin^^ ^ but under 

 glaM it often comev np ^oouer^ a^ iu tUe ease of £. lMtf|/[^'i4wt and i. lor^giJlGntm, If the seed Is kept till s|>ring 

 bvfnjre -JowingH il uaually lie<i tyeat before psnninatim;, and sometimes lomjei^^ ond if mon^ thnn six mcMithA oldp 

 It very often <loe^ uot come up At all. 



'Tiw only Titcd^ of ij- mniJjJnjh ^i'lneli I tvor sowtd came up in ^eplember^ at the nanie time as ihc 

 autumnal LisjVtS of the parent plants and I hate observed thaL the |fenihniaiimi of the -iced^ of otlier bulboa^ 

 plants uj>u&lly talces plaec at dtc 4Ame Imie a.^ the vegetatiou of the same plant. ITit s^eda should be no^vn in 

 boxea or in a framcp nbout a quarter of an inch deepp in l^ht ^oil ; and the ^oaiid Miould be made tolerably tirm 

 Under thean. If ijown in pot-^, il«y mu*t be ke|>t plunaed, or the young hialbs will ^on be starved ; i^nd as soon 

 us litToug eiiou^h thev F-hould Ix^ lunied out into a frame. 



As i^tcdllniT T-ilLf^ grort very akiwly for two <tT three >ears, tlicy slioulJ not Iw |i]ihted in the ippeih gromxd 

 at lirtt; and ^artful ttuttih mu-^i he kepL a^aiiiEt tluus^ which will di'vour the leave* of scores in a emgle night. 

 Mosa \a very apt to gvon over ihe ^1! ^nd cl^ohe thk:m ^ tIroughL is alto very injurious ; bo thntp frout oiie eaase 

 pr another. It is asloni-^hui^ hew ^mnll n |]ro|mrtim] of se^Hin^ Lilies eVer come to Ehi' finwerillg ^tu^z OihL> nr 



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