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The individual flower is pure white, overlaid or 

 speckled with numerous dots of brownish scarlet, 

 and extending the full length of the petal from 

 tip to tip, runs a broad band of golden-yellow. 

 Can one imagine a more gorgeous sight than a bed 

 of Auratum Lilies must present? 



Another very popular Japanese variety is the 

 Rubrum Lily, with its petals reflexed or curved 

 outward, white in color and heavily dotted with 

 bright, rich crimson. 



In planting bulbs of the Japanese Lilies they 

 should be set a foot in depth, with a little sand 

 at the bottom of each hole, and the bulbs given 

 a dusting of sulphur to prevent rot. 



Most everyone is today acquainted with the 

 pure white Madonna Lily by sight if not by name. 

 It is also known as Annunciation or as Candidum 

 Lily. The bulbs of this Lily are commercially 

 grown in France and shipped to this country, and 

 in order to bloom the next succeeding season they 

 should be planted in late August or quite early in 

 September, so they may yet grow a crown of 

 leaves this season, and the bulbs should be set but 

 two or three inches under the soil. 



The chaste beauty, fragrance and free blooming 

 quality of the Madonna Lily have endeared it to 

 us all. 



Mention must be made of the old-fashioned 

 Tiger Lily (Tigrinum), which we all have known 



