CHAPTER VIII 



BEST TIME TO BUY LILIES 



THE novice in Lily culture often makes the mistake in 

 delaying the purchase of the bulbs till they have suffered 

 from being kept out of the ground too long in dry ware- 

 houses. Even if they have been laid in the ground and 

 kept moist the basal roots of the bulbs will have made so 

 much growth late in the season that they are broken in 

 lifting them for permanent planting. 



All the Lilies grown for sale in this country and in 

 Holland may be obtained by the middle of October or 

 beginning of November, and most of them being 

 thoroughly hardy, can be planted at once, except in 

 the case of the Japanese species. 



These include such as L. Browni, L. chalcedonicum, 

 L. croceum, L. dauricum, L. e/egans, L. testaceum, L. 

 Martagon, L. pomponium, some varieties of L. speciosum, 

 L. monadelphum, and L. tigrinum. 



In nearly all soils these can, with the exception of L. 

 Ero'wni and L. speciosum, be planted out permanently 

 before the middle of November. 



The bulbs of the Lilies imported from Japan arrive in 

 this country from October till spring. L. longiflorum 

 reaches here during October and November, and in a 

 late season even in December. L. auratum, L.japonicum, 

 L. rubellum and L. speciosum bulbs reach here as a rule 

 about Christmas, and for purposes of sale they are 

 generally stored in warehouses or in similar places, 



