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THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



is a very old and handsome Lily, of tall 

 and graceful growth, and bears several 

 pendulous, vermilion, turban - shaped 

 blossoms about the end of July. It is 

 one of the easiest to cultivate, thrives in 

 almost anv soil, and is best when well 



Lilium candidum (White or Madonna Lily). 



established and left undisturbed. There 

 are a few varieties, majus being the largest 

 and best. The others are gra^cum, rather 

 taller than the type and having smaller 

 flowers ; pyrcnaicum, with yellow flowers ; 

 Heldreichi, tall and robust, flowering a 

 week or two earlier ; and maculatum, a 

 very handsome form. Native of Greece 

 and Ionian Isles. Similar to the scarlet 

 Martagon is the Japanese L. callosum, 

 a pretty Lily, \\ to 3 ft. high, with slender 



stems, bearing in summer several brilliant 

 scarlet blossoms. L. carniolicum, of a 

 similar character, is i to 3 ft. high, and 

 produces in early summer turban-shaped 

 nodding blossoms of bright vermilion or 

 yellow. 



L. concolor.— .A. pretty little 

 Lily from Japan, i to 3 ft. high, 

 bearing three to six bright scarlet 

 flowers, which are spotted with 

 black, star-shaped, and erect. 

 There are some three or four 

 varieties — pulchellum, or Bus- 

 chianum, an early variety from 

 Siberia, l^ to 2 ft. high, with 

 crimson blossoms ; Coridion, 

 with flowers somewhat larger 

 than the type, and of a rich 

 yellow spotted with brown ; 

 sinicum, a Chinese form, with 

 four to six crimson flowers 

 heavily spotted and larger than 

 the type ; and Partheneion, with 

 scarlet flowers flushed with j^el- 

 low. This charming Lily and its 

 varieties are quite hardy, though 

 they require some attention in 

 cultivating. They succeed in 

 half-shady places in a soil com- 

 posed of two parts of peat, one 

 of loam, and one of road-scrap- 

 ings ; but seem to require re- 

 newing e\ery few years. 



L. croceum {Orange Lily) is 

 one of the sturdiest and hardiest, 

 and therefore one of the com- 

 monest of Lilies. It grows in 

 almost any soil or position, and 

 bears in early summer huge 

 heads of large rich orange 

 flowers. In the mixed border 

 it is attractive, but shows best 

 on the margin of a shrubbery, 

 where its stems just over-top the 

 surrounding foliage. It is always 

 best after some years' growth. 

 A native of the colder mountains 

 of Europe, it is one of the Lilies 

 that may be naturalised, but is 

 never so strong as in rich gar- 

 den-ground. Lilies are said not 

 to like manure, but we have 

 never seen this one so fine as when in 

 well-manured ground after several years' 

 growth. Indeed, we have planted it over 

 a subsoil, so to say, of solid cow manure, 

 and have had bulbs and flowers of enor- 

 mous size in two years. 



L. davuricum is a slender European 

 Lily with moderate - sized red flowers, 

 spotted with black. Like L. elegans, it has 

 several varieties, the chief being Sappho, 

 incomparable, erectum, multiflorum, Don 



