310 'I'HE FLOEAL WORLD AND GAKDEN GUIDE. 



Tigrinum, five of the varieties of Speciosum, and six of Longiflorum 

 should be put in each pot. They should be distributed regularly 

 over the pots, and be covered to a depth of about three inches with 

 the prepared compost. The latter should consist simply of two 

 parts mellow turfy loam, one part of well-rotted manure, and a 

 liberal proportion of grit, such as drift or river-sand. When the 

 potting is completed, place them in a cold frame, and protect from 

 frost. When put under the stage of the greenhouse, they are 

 frequently started into an early growth, and occasionally allowed to 

 remain until the new growth has become very much drawn. The 

 soil must be moderately moist ; throughout the winter and when 

 the v.ew growth makes its appearance above the surface, the water 

 supply must be increased, and the frame freely ventilated, and only 

 closed in case of severe frost, to which it is not desirable to expose 

 them. In April they can be placed on a hard surface out of doors, 

 and there allowed to remain until they come into bloom and are re- 

 quired in the conservatory. 



Lilies require au annual shift only, and the bulbs must not be 

 disturbed. No time can be fixed for repotting, for as every dog has 

 its day, so also every lily has its season. The bulbs commence ta 

 make new roots soon after the stems die down, and as the repotting 

 should be done before the production of the new roots, they should 

 be transferred to larger pots immediately the decay of the stem of 

 the respective kind is complete. There must be no waiting for a 

 general repotting of all the kinds. On the contrary, each sort must 

 be shifted when it has arrived at the proper stage. As a rule, the 

 bulbs are disturbed too much at the annual repotting, the common 

 practice being to shake the bulbs entirely out of the soil, and in con- 

 sequence the white variety of Lilium speciosum and other delicate 

 kinds sufier considerably, and do not often bloom satisfactorily. The 

 proper course is to turn them out of the pots, remove a moderate 

 proportion of the old soil, but without in any way disturbing the 

 bulbs, for they should be preserved intact, and then put them in 

 other pots of the same size or one size larger, using of course fresh 

 compost prepared as already advised. They should then be put in a 

 cold frame, and otherwise managed as described in speaking of their 

 management during the first winter. 



By the system of culture described above, and the use of rather 

 weak liquid manure alternately with soft water after the pots are 

 well filled with roots, and the plants are growing freely, I have 

 succeeded in producing specimens of immense size, some of our ex- 

 amples of auratum had as many as ten stems ranging from six to 

 eight feet in height, and bearing a dozen flowers each. Our largest 

 specimens of speciosum rubrum have as many as eighteen stems', 

 and are between four and five feet high, whilst of tigrinum we have 

 specimens so large that they quite surprise even those who are well 

 acquainted with lilies. 



