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eight blossoms, each six inches across, and 

 waving perfume like a censer." 



Waving perfume like censers are also the 

 Lilium longiflorum giganteum, or Japanese 

 Easter lily; the gold-banded auratum, also 

 from Japan; and the lily-of-the- valley, the little 

 white bells of which seem as if cast of condensed 

 fragrance. These often run wild in shady 

 places. 



It is odd that the American wild lilies, which 

 are so wonderful in California and Arizona, do 

 not do so well in our gardens as those that have 

 been imported from Japan and China. A new 

 lily, myriophyllum, brought from China by 

 E. H. Wilson, is featured by Vick; its perfume 

 "reminds one of jasmine." 



There are also plenty of unscented lilies; 

 they will be more honored when some plant 

 breeder has perfumed them. "The perfume of 

 the flower and the flavor of foods are nowadays 

 receiving more attention than formerly," says 

 Mr. Burbank. He calls attention to the fact 

 that individual lilies, even of the wild species, 

 vary, some having a really delightful fragrance, 

 and some none at all. This gives breeders a 

 chance to accentuate the perfume in crossing 

 the different individuals and shows how our 

 whole flower gardens may ultimately be made 

 fragrant. 



Surely there can be no more interesting sub- 

 ject to flower lovers than this creative garden- 



