LILIES AND IRIS 



fewer still that can be counted on to 

 increase. Of the latter there are the Spe- 

 ciosum album and Rubrum, which last 

 thrives best in a partially shaded location, 

 or if given a heavy mulch can be grown in 

 the sun; Canadense, Superbum, the Tigers, 

 Krameri, Rubellum, and the yellow Day 

 Lily. Beautiful ones which we cannot do 

 without and yet which disappear after more 

 or less time, are the Auratums, Longiflor- 

 ums, and Brownii. 



The old-fashioned Funckias, called "Day 

 Lilies" by our grandmothers, require too 

 much space to be admitted to the Lily gar- 

 den, but are grown in masses elsewhere, and 

 I often wonder whether the clusters of 

 slender white trumpets or the great yellow- 

 green leaves are most beautiful. Funckias, 

 like the Paeonies, should be undisturbed, 

 and for the first two or three years not 

 much should be expected of them; after- 

 wards the number of blossoms will increase 

 every year. 



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