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with ten inches of leaf-mould, in a conical form ; they remained in this 

 condition during the winter. As spring advanced, I stirred and 

 removed a portion of the leaf-mould, in order that tiie heat from the 

 rays of the sun might penetrate to invigorate the languid and blanched 

 foliage, which at tliat season makes an effort to reach the genial air. 

 This should be done until the bulbs are within four or five inches of 

 the surface. If the weatiier is dry and warm, let them have some good 

 waterings, with a view to encourage a rapid and strong growth of the 

 foliage. Care should be taken that no plants of tall growth be planted 

 in front of them, to shade tiieir foliage from the full effect of the 

 meridian sun, nor a leaf removed until the ripening process has been 

 fully accomplisiied, which, in favourable seasons, will be about the 

 beginning of August. It was not until the third year after planting 

 that these bulbs flowered with me. Thej' are impatient of remo\al, 

 and therefore the greatest care should be taken wlien offsets are removed 

 not to interfere witii the general mass of bulbs. When once established 

 they produce offsets freely, and flower abundantly, so much so that I 

 have now (October 10) masses of them in full bloom, containing from 

 twelve to eighteen flowering stems, with from eight to twelve blooms 

 in each umbel. 



About the first week in September let the ground be stirred deeply 

 around the bulbs, witiiout interfering with their roots, and thoroughly 

 watered witli diluted manure water once or twice. Tiiis will induce 

 torpidity, and accelerate the protrusion of the flowering stems. One . 

 objection may be made against these Lilies, and that is, that they are 

 without foliage during tlieir blooming period ; but this may be greatly 

 obviated by planting them in alternate patches with the Jacobaa Lily, 

 which flowers splendidly at Midsummer, and whose fine green foliage 

 will be in perfection during the flowering season of the Belladonna 

 Lily. — Gardeners' Chronicle. 



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