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would be more amenable to culture in rock gar- 

 den pockets than in other conditions. 



Each lily species shows off to better advan- 

 tage by itself. If mixing is done, it is wiser to 

 place varieties together; the purple and white 

 Martagon lilies, for example. Though a com- 

 mon enough practice, it is also a wiser plan 

 not to mix lilies with other flowers. This as a 

 rule; no one could possibly take exception to 

 the garden juxtaposition of the madonna lily 

 and tall blue larkspur or the swamp lily and 

 black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa), and the 

 low erect yellow, orange and red lilies may be 

 used in a few combinations. The point is, as 

 with entirely segregated planting, that there 

 shall be neither detracting nor distracting in- 

 fluence. 



Finally, unless one is collecting, the planting 

 of many lilies of one or a few kinds, rather than 

 a few lilies of many kinds, is to be strongly 

 advised. In the first place, all lilies are not for 

 all gardens. The selection in the average- in- 

 stance must narrow down to the most suitable 

 kinds for individual conditions and of these a 

 small choice should be made. Better two or 

 three kinds in perfection than ten, times as 

 many in both imperfection and ineffectiveness. 



