LILIES AND IRIS 



apricot without spots, growing generally in 

 groups of three blossoms, on stems about 

 four feet tall. 



Lilium Leichtlinii, a Japanese Lily, also 

 bloomed during the first ten days of August. 

 I found it very beautiful and delicate, of a 

 pale yellow color, with purple markings on 

 the inside. The stems seemed frail, and al- 

 though one or two bore two lilies, there was 

 generally but one on a stalk, and I fear that 

 this Lily will not bear another year. 



Superbums bloomed all through August, 

 and the petals of the last one fell the very 

 end of September. The stalks are about 

 five feet in height and each stalk bears cer- 

 tainly twenty lilies. I am told that this 

 variety, when well established, increases in 

 quantity of bloom until there are often 

 thirty flowers and the stalks eight feet high. 

 The flowers are crimson-orange and remind 

 one of the Tiger Lily. 



The middle of August, while the stately 

 Auratums still lingered in the Lily garden, 

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