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will send up a head of from eight to ten blooms. It 

 lends itself to forcing under glass. 



L. Harrisi is the Bermuda Lily, the very same as 

 longiflorum, only grown in a tropical climate. 



L. Martagon (Turk's Cap) is so well known that it needs 

 no description here, but the White variety, in districts 

 where they will grow, is perhaps the most attractive 

 of all bulbous plants. Deep soil enriched with leaf 

 mould, without sand or manure, answers their requirements 

 best, and as it also suits such plants as Lily of the Valley 

 and Anemone sylvestris exactly, it has been found a 

 good plan to carpet the ground with these which serve the 

 double use of keeping the soil cool during the hot days of 

 summer, and providing an endless supply of flowers in May. 



Pardalinum (Panther L.) will make itself at home in 

 these islands, and grows almost as vigorously as in its 

 more favoured Californian home. 



Testaceum (Nankeen L.) bears a flower of a delicate 

 apricot colour, reaches a height of 7 feet, and grows freely 

 in town gardens. 



L. auratum (Golden L. of Japan) is well known as 

 the grandest of all flowering plants. It will thrive in 

 ordinary garden soil if it be well drained and fairly 

 rich. It grows, perhaps, best alternately with rhodo- 

 dendrons in beds of fibrous peat. The rhododendrons 

 also afford the necessary shelter from cutting winds and 

 from the blazing mid-day sun. 



Agapantlms (African L.), a lovely Cape plant, with 

 blue and also white flowers, well fitted for the flower 



