LILIUM 



(The classic Latin name, from the Greek Uirion, a lily) 

 Litiaceie 



41. Lilium candidum 

 English Name: Madonna lily. 



EUROPE LATE JUNE TO MID-JULY 



VERY fragrant, pure white, trumpet-shaped flowers, three and a half 

 to five inches long, borne horizontally, six to twenty-five in a head, 

 on tall, erect, and leafy stems two to four feet high. Leaves slender 

 and inconspicuous. Very 

 effective in small clumpsin 

 the herbaceous border or 

 against shrubbery, show- 

 ingto best advantagewith 

 a high background of foli- 

 age. In large massesis less 

 effective than many other 

 Lilies. After blooming the 

 foliage dies to the ground, 

 makingalowjgreensecond 

 growth before winter. 



A hardy perennial of 

 easy culture though par- 

 ticularly liable to Lily 

 disease. The best pre- 

 ventive against this blight 

 is to dust the bulbs with 

 powdered sulphur before 

 planting and spray the 

 foliage with Bordeaux 

 mixture before the blight 

 appears. A well-dramed 

 soil is essential, and ma- 

 nure should never be al- 

 lowed to come in direct 

 contact with the bulb. 



The bulbs should be planted with the base of the bulb about four 

 inches below the ground, as they are then more resistant to drought, 

 hot weather, and frost. In planting excavate to twice the depth of 



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