ii6. Lilium elegans (Thunbergii) (Continued) 



Will thrive in sun or partial shade, but the ground should always be 

 kept cool and moist either by shade or by a top dressing of peat or 

 leaf mold. 



Propagate by offsets, which make good bulbs in about three years, 

 or by bulb-scales removed when ripe. 



There are many excellent varieties of L. elegans (of which L. Batemaniy 

 already given, is one) differing from the type chiefly in the color of the 

 flower. Among the best are: 



Var. hicolor. Bright red flowers with orange centres. 



Var. Alice Wilson. Large lemon-yellow flowers. 



Var. Wdllacei {L. Wdllacei). A smaller and later-blooming form. 

 Flowers apricot spotted with black. 



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