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Thf Golden-iciytd Lily. 



(Ltliiiiii A II ml II III.) 



This 1 fuutii'iil Lily is out' tluM n;;iy well ciitra.uc 

 llu' attintioii (»f tlvc nui'Ai iir or owner of a siuail 

 5;aKltn, since not a few inslanees are on iccoid 

 of siie:n:ens grown in eottaf/e >iar('ens fai' siir- 

 I'tissing in lenuty ai\(l \ i^our any to 1-e seen in 

 tlie largest ])ul.l:e or ])rivate gan'cns. 

 uni anratnni 



As a ]:ot i)lant . I 

 its varieties l«a\t' 

 long enjoye.l ) c] u- 

 larity. and in this 

 way ean le grown 

 in tile !-n;;illest gar- 

 den. Mt)st ]XH)i)le, 

 li o w (> ver. ])ref er 

 I'iants tl'at e;'n l;e 

 mown in tbe o];en 

 ground, ami if it 

 ean l:e establislied 

 J^iliuin auratum will 

 aini)ly rewaid any 

 ainonnt of troidjJc 

 ill giving it a f<;ir 

 start. As a rule it 

 is recommended to 

 plant L. aniatmn in 

 eandy peat, a com- 

 modity not always 

 a vai iable to tbc 

 amateur, though in 

 many parts of Ire- 

 land the soil is of 

 a i^cat}' nature, le- 

 quiring only to I e 

 broken up and 

 iiiixtcl with sand to 

 reiuler it suitable. 

 Where peat is ab- 

 sent it Avoidd be an 

 easy matter to ob- 

 tain a bushel or so 

 and mix it with 



(1 S( 



well within the icai-h of small growers : and the 

 largest bulbs are not always the best. \'ei\- 

 oftfii a large bulb will give a good disjilay the 

 liist \ear and then deteriorate, while a small one 

 will appear weak at first, but subse(|Ueiit ly 

 iiiipiuM' and grow stronger annually. 



.\ poiiil 1(1 note in planting is that L. auratum 

 pliiduccs !(.(.ts ti(,m llic base of the llouer stem 

 as well as fi..m 1 lie ba>c of tlie bulb. Iiciice it is 

 advisabl.. ill all but lieax.v wet soils to plant at 

 least six iinlies deep to allow for this stem- 

 root illg. In wet soils 

 plant shallower and 

 iiiuleh or topdress 

 as described ab(»ve. 

 Liliiiiii auratum 



plat \ I 



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])laciji< 



the natn.ial soil, 



sharp sand under and around the bii _. 



planting. Failing j^eat, leaf-mould is a eaj)ital 

 substitute. 



In the November issue of Irish Gardening 

 Mr. G. N. Smith alluded to the Golden-rayed 

 Lilies in the public park at Warrenpoint, and 

 remarked that since planting they had had 

 nothing but an annual mulch of leaf-moidd and 

 road .scrapings. The illustration in the present 

 number depicts more clearly than words the 

 success of the treatment. !•. uch a result is worth 

 working for, and considering that very good 

 bulbs may be pui chased for from ninepence to 

 eighteenpence each., according to size, they are 



|o be 1 lie hardiest va- 

 riety, t)earing huge 

 beautifully spotted 

 llowers, while L. au- 

 r.itum rubro - vitta 

 turn is perluvps the 

 most striking, hav- 

 ing a red band down 

 the centre of each 

 petal. 



15.. DlBLlN. 



Michaelmas 



Daisies as 



Cut Flowers, 



I HKAD with much 

 interest your corres- 

 pondents article on 

 the above, contain- 

 ing as it does much 

 \al liable advice and 

 i;i:.NiM)i.\T I'uiiLif 1*ai;k'. also i nf o r m at io n 

 with regard to the 

 best varieties suitable for decorative purposes, 

 which should do much to still further popularise 

 this useful family of border plants. 



Might I be allowed, though A\'ith. all due 

 respect to the writer, to draw attention to one 

 variety which he has not mentioned — viz., 

 Climax. This belongs to the Novi Belgii section, 

 and is probably the finest variety of its kind 

 that has ever been raised for garden decoration 

 and cutting. It originated iir the gardens at 

 Aldenham, from which place so many others 

 have been introduced b}^ Mr. Beckett, and I 

 venture to say that lU) other Aster ever gained 

 such popularity. 



Market growers found its worth and grow it 



