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in loam and peat or leaf-mould in a sheltered and 

 half-shaded place. L. Leichtlini is a pretty yellow- 

 spotted lily that should be grown like L. speciosum, 

 but is very impatient of stagnant moisture. L. tenui- 

 folium is a most beautiful little lily with scarlet flowers 

 somewhat like those of L. pomponium, but more 

 delicate. It is easy enough to grow for one year in 

 a well-drained, half-shaded place, and in a soil of 

 loam and leaf-mould. Unfortunately it almost al- 

 ways dies out after it has flowered once. It is prob- 

 ably short-lived by nature, but it can be raised quicker 

 than most lilies from seed; and, since it is one of the 

 most beautiful of all, this is worth attempting. 



A good many North American lilies, though oc- 

 casionally cultivated in English gardens, are either 

 very capricious or apparently impossible to grow. 

 Thus L. Humboldtii and L. Parryi occasionally do 

 well for a time at least, but they are plants only for 

 experts. L. Humboldtii appears to thrive in loam 

 sometimes in the milder and damper parts of the 

 country, L. Parryi seems to do best in a rather dry, 

 half-shady place. Other North American lilies, such 

 as L. Washingtonianum, L. Philadelphicum, and L. 

 maritimum, have not yet, we believe, been grown 

 with permanent success anywhere in England, even 

 by Mr. Wilson at Wisley. It is well to surround the 

 bulbs of all the more delicate lilies with silver sand 

 and to place a lump of peat under them so as to en- 

 courage root action. 



