cally impossible to stop, but it does not often attack the plants July, 

 until the first flowering is over. The best way to keep it in Hardy 

 check is to pick off and burn the worst leaves. Lilies 



If these few hints and directions are followed out there 

 need be no doubt about the ultimate success of growing Roses in 

 profusion. 



GEORGE MOUNT. 



All through this month a succession of lovely Lilies are 

 in flower. On peaty or sandy soil nearly all the best may be 

 grown, especially such beautiful kinds as Giganteum^ Auratum, 

 Pardalinum^ Hansoni, Umbellatum, etc. On pure loam the 

 choice is more limited, but there are four Lilies which should 

 thrive in almost any garden. Candidum, Croceum, Tesfaceum 

 and Martagon. Lilium Szovitzianum also likes loam, but is 

 more difficult to grow well. We have it in a border, but 

 though it throws up a wonderful spike each year it does not 

 increase. At Wisley, where my sketch was done, it was growing 

 in all sorts of positions the exquisite pale yellow heads, rising 

 five and six feet in height on a steep bank above grass fit to 

 cut for hay, or looking even more beautiful under an Apple tree 

 with a background of dark trees. Like most Lilies it enjoys 

 shade, and in this spot looked as if it were increasing fast. The 

 scent too is delicious. 



Croceum, the orange Lily, seen in so many cottage gardens, 



is always most effective if planted in large quantities. It looks 



particularly well with Delphiniums, the yellow and orange 



Alstroemerias, or any white flower such as Epilobium angustt- 



folium alba. This white Willow Herb is as hardy as the 



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