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seems to be very hard to bring into bloom success- 

 fully, but it makes such a grand exhibition that a 

 few of the large-sized bulbs should be planted every 

 year. Grow this Lily in clumps of three or four set 

 rather formally around the circular path in the 

 Court of Honour. The bulbs are very delicate and 

 deteriorate quickly, so that only a very small propor- 

 tion succeed. The best plan is to plant Aura turns 

 in pots in the Fall, and winter them in the cold 

 frame, setting them out in the garden the end of 

 May or the first of June. A dozen of these plants 

 will give you flowers for eight or ten weeks, and 

 they are as interesting in their way as the Japan- 

 ese Iris. It is impossible to establish this Lily in 

 the garden, for a clump will grow beautifully less 

 for a year or so and then disappear. Good bulbs 

 are expensive, but there is nothing to equal them 

 in the Lily world. 



Lilium umbellatum is very effective grown in 

 front of tall Larkspurs or among Campanula 

 pyramidalis or rotundi folia. It is used extensively 

 in English gardens and is combined with Monks- 

 hood, although one is pretty sure to find Delphin- 

 iums in its neighbourhood. Plant clumps of Urn- 



