CHAPTER VI 



PLANTING FOR THE BEST EFFECTS 



NOWHERE in the garden can lilies be said to 

 be out of place ; the worst of circumstances will 

 not close the eye to their beauty. There is, 

 nevertheless, all the difference in the world, so 

 far as effect is concerned, between the proper 

 and the improper planting of lilies. 



The ideal way to plant lilies would be in a 

 lily garden. The lines from "Troilus and 

 Cressida," 



' ' Give me swift transportance to those fields. 

 "Where I may wallow in the Lily beds, ' ' 



suggest such a place apart. Who would not 

 like to wallow, mentally and sentimentally, in 

 a garden full of lilies 1 To come down to earth, 

 E. W. Wallace, the English lily expert, makes 

 this practical suggestion: "An ideal spot for 

 lilies would be an open forest glade with a small 

 stream running through it, near the banks of 

 which the North American peat- and moisture- 

 loving lilies would flourish; and higher up, 



30 



