LILIUM, OR LILY. 



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LILIUM, OR LILV. 



furnish a group of no ordinary beauty : 

 smaller-sized pots will require fewer bulbs. 

 Place at the bottom of the pot a piece of 

 potsherd, and over it some pieces of wood 

 charcoal and rough fibry soil to secure 

 good drainage, then fill up with the com- 

 post. When planted, the bulbs should be 

 covered one inch, and the soil made close 

 by pressure : they should be treated in 

 their first stage of growth precisely as 

 hyacinths grown in pots, except that they 

 should remain buried in ashes or cocoa- 

 fibre till they begin to indicate a top- 

 growth. Those intended to flower early 

 should be placed under glass, while such 

 as are for late blooming should remain out 

 of doors in a sheltered situation, the pots 

 plunged to the rim in ashes or cocoa- 

 fibre. 



Lilies in Pots, Bulbs grown in pots 

 may be preserved, as said, in the dormant 

 state in cold pits or frames until spring, or 

 on the marginal spaces of cold greenhouse 

 paths, or stages where preserved from water 

 drips. In the first position, the pots may 

 be plunged in any dry material, as tan, 

 leaf mould, &c. Many, among which may 

 be named Lilium Catesbcei, L. Canadensc, 

 and L. superbum, succeed best in a bed of 

 peat or heath soil ; and where that is not 

 attainable, equal proportions of half-de- 

 composed leaf mould, wood ashes, and 

 decayed branches, thoroughly mixed with 

 river sand to one- third of the whole pro- 

 portions, is a good substitute. In planting, 

 cover each bulb with a clean stratum or 

 layer of the last-named material. L, 

 giganteum^ L. cordi/ollum, L. Japonicum, 

 and L. Wallichianum or Neilgherrensc are 

 not as yet proved strictly hardy in all 

 localities, and therefore would be best 

 potted after the blooming season, .and 

 preserved in a cold pit or frame, to be 

 again replanted in the spring. Where 

 this precaution is inconvenient, the surface 

 pots of these kinds in the beds should be 



covered with a heavy layer of dried tan, 

 wood ashes, or sawdust. The remaining 

 kinds are recognised as hardy species, and 

 will thrive in good sandy loam or a mixture 

 of loam and peat. 



General Culture out of Doors. If the 

 land be of an adhesive nature, it should be 

 removed to the depth of 2 feet, and 

 replaced with a rich, free soil, or else the 

 bulbs should be planted in 5-inch pots, and 

 early in May turned out where intended to 

 bloom. Light or medium soils will only 

 require deep digging and well working, 

 with the addition of some thoroughly 

 rotted manure. Plant the bulbs 5 inches 

 deep, and for the first winter place 

 on the surface a few dry leaves. The 

 bulbs should not be disturbed oftener than 

 once in three years, as established patches 



LILIUM SUl'ERBUM. 



bloom much more profusely than those 

 taken up and divided annually. 



The varieties best adapted for in-door 

 culture are L. atrosanguinium maculatum, 

 L. lancifolium alburn^ L. punctatum, L. 

 roseutn, L. rubrutn, and L. longiflorum. 

 The Martagon varieties are very effective 

 in borders ; so also are the common White 

 Lily, L. candidum, the Orange Lily, L> 



