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Joitnial of Agriculture. 



[8 Nov.. 1907. 



bring them to perfection but as a whole thev thrive fairly in a sweet, un- 

 manured, light garden soil. The most conimon cause of failure is un- 

 doubtedly the addition of fermenting animal manures to the soil they are 

 grown in. Poor soils benefit bv the addition of leaf -mould, or some very 

 old cow manure in moderate quantity, but even in such soils if unmanured 

 a fair measure of success is certain ; while, if heavily manured with gross 

 manure, the bulbs are nearlv sure to fail. 



A situation where the ground is shaded partiallv from hot sunshine is 

 an important consideration. The majoritv of the lily family are found 

 growing in forest regions and in garden practice it is found that they 

 thrive best when lightK shaded from hot sunshine by being planted among 

 dwarf shrubs or plants, or protected bv a trellis. The earliest blooming 

 kinds flower in spring, others succeeding them during summer and early 

 autumn, and root action again begins after the flower stems die. In mixed 

 groups and borders where the soil is maintained in a cool condition during 

 summei many kinds will succeed if undisturbed bv digging and other 

 gardening operations, and the soil is sweet, fairlv porous, and unmanured. 

 An occasional top-dressing of well rot!ed leaf mould is beneficial. 



Propagation and Planting. 



Lilies are propagated from offsets from the parent bulb — small 

 liulbils that are produced in the axis of the leaves in some kinds, and 



LU.IUM BKOWNJI. 



White inside tube, chocolate without. 



I. ILIUM TKJKIMM. 



Orange scarlet, spotted ]:iurple. 



occasionallv, from scales of the bulbs. After the flowering is over and the 

 stems die to the ground is the proper time to plant lilies and to effect 

 an increase. The bulbs are practicallv dorm.ant then, but soon begin to 

 produce roots again for the following season, and an attempt to propagate 

 after the roots are far advanced would result in damage to both bulb 

 and offset. When the leaves on the flower stem have matured, the small 



