Grouping dental references to this question will be found, but a few 



the Lily with additional remarks may be appended. 



other Plants Nowhere does the Lily look so well as amid, and 



surrounded by, other vegetation, and that principally of a 

 shrubby character. 



Planting among Rhododendrons has already been recom- 

 mended, and it is well to remind the reader that these or other 

 shrubs must not be too tall ; it may even be necessary to cut 

 down the Rhododendrons, or to remove them and plant smaller 

 should they become too high for the Lilies. Some of the 

 dwarfer species might well be used, and such dwarf growers 

 as R. prczcox or R. kamtschaticum might be named as sug- 

 gestive of the class most desirable. Heaths are also extremely 

 suitable for all the peat-loving Lilies ; while the hardy Azaleas 

 are among the most excellent of all shrubs among which to 

 plant these flowers. The shrubby Veronicas may also be 

 suggested as capital shrubs for grouping with Liliums; and 

 one very hardy Olearia, called nummularifolia, makes a close 

 growth of evergreen foliage, and remains in a dwarf state 

 for many years. One may give as an example of such 

 planting as is here suggested, L. Hansoni among dwarf 

 Azaleas, Veronicas, or Pernettyas kept low. Then auratum is 

 splendid when grouped with young plants of Hydrangea 

 paniculata. 



As a further illustration of the value of careful study of 

 the best effects, contrast the difference between a group of any 

 of the Lilies against a bare wall with the same with a wall 

 covered with a dark green Ivy. Thus the noble Lilium 

 giganteum is quite a different-looking plant with a background 

 of Ivy from what it is against a bare wall, and the lovely 

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