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they can be procured, which is often not until October, 

 most of the bulbs being imported. Bulbs already in the 

 garden should be transplanted in August or as soon as the 

 flower-stalks die down. It will be found a great advantage 

 to take up and separate the bulbs of the lily-bed, renew the 



FIG. 138. GOLDEN-BANDED LILY (Lilium auratum). 



soil, and replant once in three or four years. Among the 

 best varieties are : 



GOLDEN-BANDED LILY (Lilium auratum). Fig. 138. 

 This is the finest of all the Japan lilies. The flowers are 

 large, white, spotted with dark crimson, and with a golden 

 line or band along the centre of each petal. The flowers 

 often grow in large clusters, as many as forty sometimes 



