ANOTHER HARDY GARDEN BOOK 



the lilies Rubrum, and Melpomene which is 

 quite like Rubrum but more brilliant in 

 color, and the beautiful wax-like Lilium 

 album appeared; and, of these, the ones 

 protected from the frost did not cease 

 blooming until the second week in Octo- 

 ber. 



One other Lily, Gigantium, said to grow 

 six feet high, was planted, but not in the 

 garden. It required "a cool woodland," 

 according to Miss Jekyll, so a corner was 

 found under tall trees where Rhododendrons 

 formed a background; a large place was 

 dug out and filled with specially prepared 

 soil, and, with a petition to the goddess 

 Flora, the bulb was carefully planted, only 

 one, because they are expensive three dol- 

 lars apiece and this was an experiment. 

 Three weeks, a month, five weeks, went by 

 and no sign from the bulb. Impatience 

 could no longer be restrained, and with care 

 it was dug up. Alas! the bulb was nearly 

 gone. The soil or climate or something was 

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