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THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



is so common that we need only mention 

 its varieties. These are very fine, especi- 

 ally dalmaticum, which has flowers larger 

 than the type and of a shining blackish- 

 purple, a contrast to the loveliness of the 

 pure white variety (album). Cattania; is 

 a form of dalmaticum and scarcely differs 

 from it. Like the type, the varieties 

 thrive freely in a good loamy soil ; they 

 are peifectly hardy and are rather partial 

 to shade, growing freely in grassy places, 

 open woods, or copses. Some of the finer 

 varieties aie good garden plants, and 

 should l)e grouped in the s])aces between 

 hardy A/aleas or similar flowering bushes. 

 Mr. R. A. Jenkinb writes as to the 

 white Martagon : "The white Martagon 



that this Lily does best in good deep soil 

 enriched with leaf-mould, and without 

 manure or sand. As the above-mentioned 

 soil suits such plants as Anemone sylves- 

 tris and Lily of the Valley to perfection, 

 I have carpeted the ground with them, 

 and they ser\e to keep the soil cool 



Lily is one of the most distinct of the 

 family, and if given a suitable soil and 

 position there are but few of its relatives 

 that excel it in beauty, hardiness, or 

 freedom of bloom. As to its free-flower- 

 ing qualities, suffice it to say that three 

 bulbs in my garden after being planted as 

 many years ago gave me no less than 167 

 blooms, two of the stems carrying forty- 

 two and forty-nine blooms. Even in the 

 summer immediately after planting the 

 Lilies sent up forty blooms. This I 

 attribute to their being moved early in 

 -September, for if planted late in the year, 

 most of the Martagon section refuse to 

 bloom in the ensuing summer. I find 



Lilii: 



nadelphii 



Szovitzianum. 



during the summer, while in May they 

 furnish me with countless flowers." 



L. monadelphum is a magnificent Lily 



of noble growth. The stout flower-stems 



vary from 3 to 5 ft. in height, and are 



' terminated by a pyramid of six to twenty 



