LILIUM 



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

 Liliacea 



II J. Lilium tenuifolium 

 English Name: Siberian coral lily. 



SIBERIA JUNE 



RICH scarlet flowers with darker shadings and recurving petals, car- 

 ried pendently in clusters of from one to twenty on erect stems one 

 to two feet high. Leaves exceedingly slender, curled at the edges, incon- 

 spicuous. Excellent for 

 massing in the herbaceous 

 border, being very showy 

 and easily grown. After 

 blooming the foHage dies 

 to the ground. A perfectly 

 hardy perennial of easiest 

 culturein any well-drained, 

 lightsoil. Likemost 

 Lilies, however, it does 

 best in rich soil, though 

 manure should never be 

 allowed to come in contact 

 with the bulb. The bulb 

 should beplanted with the 

 base about four inches be- 

 lowthe ground. Excavate 

 to twice the depth of the 

 bulb planting, fill in first 

 with well -rotted manure, 

 then with about an inch of 

 sand, then place the bulb, 

 surround it with sand, and 

 fill in with light soil, prefer- 

 ably mixed with peat or 

 leaf mold. Mulch from 

 time to time with well- 

 rotted manure. Requires sun, but does best if the ground is kept cool and 

 moist either by shade or a top dressing of peat or leaf mold. 

 Easily propagated from seeds or bulb-scales. 



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