LILIES AND IRIS 



May, and bloomed freely for about two 

 weeks. Next to begin blooming after the 

 stranger from Brazil were the lilies Krameri 

 and Rubellum, which appeared about June 

 15th. They are quite alike in form, foliage 

 and color; the latter a soft pink, like the 

 lining of the conch shells we have seen on 

 mantles in farm houses, treasured reminders 

 of the distant sea. Next came the Aura- 

 tums, on July 4th, surprisingly early, for 

 elsewhere on the place they did not appear 

 before July 20th. This, however, gave us 

 the Auratums for nearly two months, as the 

 last one was cut about September 1st. 



At the same time Canadense, a native 

 Lily, began to flower and was disappointing, 

 as it bore less freely than those growing 

 wild in the meadows of the farm. The wild 

 ones, however, grew on ground that could 

 more strictly be called wet rather than damp. 

 The Canadense has two varieties, flavum 

 yellow and rubrum red. Each bulb bore 

 from three to five lilies. 

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