CHAPTER V 



LILIES IN THE OPEN AIR GARDEN 



OF the seventy or more species of Lilies known, there 

 are at least fifty that may be grown in the open garden 

 in these islands, where the requisite conditions for suc- 

 cessful culture can be obtained. Of this number of 

 open air Lilies there are about thirty with their numerous 

 varieties that can be grown well under conditions of soil 

 and position that occur naturally in almost every garden, 

 or if they do not exist naturally can be imitated without 

 a great amount of trouble and expense. 



For cultural purposes it is best to divide the genus 

 into groups that require different conditions of treatment 

 in the matter of soil and situation, but these groups do 

 not run parallel with the botanical groups, as may be 

 seen below. 



First, there is a group requiring full exposure, and a 

 soil moderately rich and stiff in texture, such as sandy 

 loam and leaf mould. The species that thrive under 

 these conditions are such as : 



bulbiferum. elegans. pyrenaicum. 



candidum. Heldreichii. tenuifolium. 



carnlolicum. Jankce. testaceum. 



chalcedonicum. monadelphum. tigrinum. 



croceum. pompomum. 



dauricum. pulchellum. 



The second group comprises those species that in the 

 matter of soil require an addition of peat to the loam 



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