SUMMER BULBS AND PLANTS 



very early in the spring, which always makes one 

 stop and say, "How do you do, dear lilies. Now I 

 know spring is here." The plants increase very 

 rapidly, so you will have a large clump in a few 

 years. 



Liliums are one of the choicest, most stately and 

 dearly beloved of all garden flowers. You surely 

 all know the "Easter Lily/' that it is "Lilium Longi- 

 florum," and does the best in the greenhouse. But 

 "Lilium Candidum," better known as the "Madon- 

 na Lily," does very well in gardens. It is nearly the 

 same as the "Easter Lily." You can have the lil- 

 iums in white, white with crimson blotches, white 

 with a gold band on the petals, orange, red, and 

 scarlet. One of my favorites is the Tiger Lily, 

 bright red with dark brown spots ; it is so quaint and 

 old-fashioned. Plant the bulbs deep, especially the 

 Japanese varieties. 



Tritoma is called the "Red Hot Poker Plant" 

 because its flowers are such a fiery orange, though 

 you can get them in tamer colors. The leaves are 

 stiff and spiked and the flowers are borne on stiff 

 stems. Each bell-shaped flower droops downward 

 with dozens and dozens of blossoms on each spike. 

 We buy a plant of this flower, and set it in the gar- 

 den just as deep as it was before; you can tell by 



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