A FLOWER HOBBY 



tunately it does not have to be taken literally least 

 of all by those to whom the growing of flowers is 

 more a matter of recreation than of botany. Make 

 your interpretation liberal, not literal, and just as 

 liberal as you choose ; it is your hobby, no one's else. 



Look over the principal genera that have come 

 into garden cultivation and then decide on the one 

 that most appeals to you. Maybe that very one 

 already is represented by a species or two. If it is 

 not, make a start with one or more of the easiest 

 species which you may be sure are those most 

 commonly catalogued and then add others from 

 time to time. Study, the while, this genus from the 

 botanical point of view; see what Bailey's Cyclo- 

 paedia of Horticulture has to say, for one thing. 

 The more you study the more you will become ab- 

 sorbed, and it will not be unusual if your desires 

 show a disposition to get way ahead of your time 

 and money conveniences. But do not let them ; you 

 can ride your hobby slowly and sanely and have 

 just as good a time. 



Perhaps it is the lily genus that is decided upon. 

 This would be a fortunate decision indeed; for 

 American gardens are so badly in need of more 

 lilies that every one who makes a hobby of them is 

 a benefactor to this and future generations. You 

 find the genus catalogued as Lilium, the particular 

 species being indicated by a second Latin word; 

 thus the botanical name of the tiger lily is Lilium 

 tigrinum. 



Make a start with some of the easy species, such 



