LILIUM 



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

 Liliacea 



:6. Lilium elegans (Thunbergii) {L. dahuricum; L. Thun- 

 bergidnum; L. uvibelldtiim; L. jormosum) 



JAPAN JUNE TO MID-JULY 



IARGE, spreading, self-colored flowers of brilliant yellow-orange borne 

 -y erect in heads of one to five on a sturdy, slightly cobwebby, and leafy 

 stalk one to two feet high. Leaves slender and rather inconspicuous. 

 Very effective in masses 

 in the herbaceous border 

 or among shrubbery. 

 Perhaps the most satis- 

 factory species of Lily for 

 general garden use. Too 

 large a mass should not be 

 used in the border, as the 

 foliage dies down and may 

 leave a bare spot. 



A perfectly hardy 

 perennial of easy culture. 

 A well-drained soil is 

 essential and manure 

 should never be allowed 

 to come in direct contact 

 with the bulb. Bulbs 

 should be deeply planted 

 with the base of the bulb 

 about six inches below the 

 ground, as they are then 

 more resistant to drought, 

 hot weather, and frost. In 

 planting excavate to 

 twice the depth of the 

 bulb planting, fill in first 

 with well-composted ma- 

 nure, then with about an inch of sand, then place the bulb. Cover with 

 light soil mixed with peat or leaf mold. Further enrichment can be given 

 from time to time by mulching with well-rotted manure. 



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