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up with the sand, packing it closely all around the 

 bulb. 



Of the Japanese Lilies, rubrum is most easily 

 grown here and should be planted eight to ten inches 

 deep. Planted deep they are not injured by thawing 

 and freezing, but when too near the surface the frost 

 often throws the bulbs out of the ground. Lilies are 

 not injured so much by freezing as by sudden and 

 frequent thawings. 



As long as the rubrum is doing well it should not 

 be disturbed, but if it suddenly fails to grow and 

 bloom the bulbs should be taken up when dormant, 

 and cleansed. Remove all decayed scales and look 

 for worm-nests, which are usually the source of the 

 trouble. Ants sometimes make nests in the Lily bulb 

 in the spring, and cause the top to decay. When this 

 occurs it should be lifted, cleaned, and reset in a place 

 free from ants. The greatest care must be exercised 

 in cleaning bulbs not to injure the sound scales, as 

 that will only induce further decay. 



All the speciosum Lilies are exceedingly beautiful. 

 L. Album is one of the finest; its reflexed flowers are 

 a clear, sparkling white with a green band through 

 the centre of each petal, and a peculiar glistening ap- 

 pearance, as though covered with water. It is one 

 of the most easily grown of the speciosum family. 

 S. Roseum is another handsome variety, white flushed 

 with rose, and with dull crimson spots on the white 

 ground; while S. rubrum has large reflexed petals of 



