L I L 



L I M 



After being thus planted out, few of the sorts however, all flowers so large as that of the Lily, 



require any particular culture, as they are capa- some being considerably smaller ; and as the 



bleof enduring all weather at every season. It is common Lily has no calyx, so several of the li- 



however necessary to destroy all weeds ; and, as liaceous flowers are also destitute of a cup ; and 



some of them run up with pretty tall slender others have cups, which are principally of that 



stalks, to support them with sticks to preserve sort called a spathe. They may therefore be 



effectually their upright position, by which distinguished into such as have cups and such 



their flowers will appear to the best advantage. as have not. 



Some of the more tender sorts, as the second, Those without cups are: all the different sorts 



fourth, eighth, and tenth species, should, how- of common lily; the tulip, all the kinds; fri- 



ever, be protected in severe winters, by applying tillary, and crown imperial ; hyacinch ; star of 



tanner's bark or some other similar substance Bethlehem; bastard star of Bethlehem; tuberose; 



over their roots. asphodel ; squill ; hemerocallis, or day-lily ; an- 



Thev should all, as has been said, remain un- thericum, or spider-wort; aloe ; yucca, or Adam's 



disturbed two or three years, or longer, as by needle; gloriosa, or superb lily, &c. 

 remaining they flower stronger after the first Those with spathes or cups are : the crocus; 



year ; and having increased by off-sets into large galanthus, or common snow-drop; leucojum,or 



bunches, many stalks will rise from each bunch great snow-drop ; daffodil, narcissus, and jon- 



pf roots, so as to exhibit a large cluster of quil; crinum, or asphodel lily ; colchicum; iris, 



flowers: it is, however, proper to take up the orflower-de-luce; hsemanthus, or blood-flower; 



bulbs entirely every three or four years at least, gladiolus, or sword-lily ; Virginia spider-wort ; 



at the decay of the stalk, *to separate the in 

 qreased off-sets, both for propagation and to 

 disburthen the main roots, and give them room 

 to take their proper growth in. 



After being taken up in the autumn, all the 



amaryllis, including the tJuernsey lily, bella- 

 donna lily, and Jacobaea lily, &c. ; pancratium 

 lily, &c. 



The greater part of these liliaceous plants of 

 both kinds are bulbous-rooted ; some, how- 



sorts should, as just observed, be replanted as ever, have tuberous and some fibrous roots; 



soon as possible, especially the White Lily sorts, and all of them are perennial in root, but annual 



as they soon begin to emit roots. in stalk. 



They are all valuable as plants of ornament They are all ornamental garden-flowers, and 



for the beauty of their flowers, which have a most of them sufficiently hardy to grow in the 



noble appearance : they are of course proper or- open ground ; though a few are proper for the 



naments for the pleasure-ground ; and when the green-house and stove. See the different Ge- 



different sorts are properly intermixed, they nera. 



effect a most elegant variety, succeeding each LILY. See Amaryllis, and Lilium. 

 other in blow upwards of three months. When LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY. See Conval- 



w anted particularly for shady or close places, the laria. 



common White Lily, Orange Lily, and com- LIME TREE. See Citrus. 

 ni'on Martagons, are the most proper, as they LIME WATER, such as is prepared by 



thrive under trees. The Orange Lily also an- slaking caustic lime in soft water, in the pro- 



swers well in small gardens/ in the midst of portion of half a peck of the former to thirty- 



bu ldinsrs in towns and cities. Besides plant- two gallons of the latter, letting them remain 



in" the'difterent sorts for the beauty of their some time before they are made use of, stirring 



flmvers, many of the striped- leaved White Lily them well, two or three times a day, for two or 



sots should be placed towards the fronts of the three days. This liquid, when the lime has 



UU»t conspicuous parts lor the beauty of their 

 leaves in autumn, winter, and .-; ring, which, if 

 disposed alternately with the Common White 

 Lily, whose leaves are entirely green, a most 

 striking variety will be produced. 



subsided, is found highly useful in clearing 

 fruit-trees from the ravages of the Aphis Puce- 

 ron, or Vine-Fretter. It should be applied 

 once a dav by means of an engine so as to be 

 thrownasmuch as possible on the under sides of 



ie tall-crowing soris are only proper for the leaves, ai .1 with considerable force, pressing 



large borders and clumps, in mixture with 

 oilier lame herbaceous plants. 



LILfACEOUS PLANTS, such as resemble 

 those of the Lily kind, in their flowers having 

 six regular pelals,in 'lie form of a Lily, or three, 

 or even one petal deeply divided into six segments, 

 assuming a lily-flower form; they have not, 



the fore finger upon the end- of the pipe, to 

 make it spread like small rain, and taking care 

 that every part of the tree be well watered. It 

 should be done as much as possible in cloudy 

 weather, and w heir the- sun is off the walls. 

 Where the trees have an easterly aspect, they 

 may be watered about half past eleven o'clock 

 2 



