CHAPTER XII 



POT CULTURE OF LILIES 



Lilies of various kinds can be successfully grown in 

 pots. Some are better adapted for this purpose than 

 others, and grown in this way are valuable for the 

 greenhouse, conservatory and room adornment. 



Grown in the open air, such Lilies as L. longtflorum 

 and allied kinds are liable when in full flower to be soon 

 disfigured by heavy rains washing the pollen over the 

 interior of the flower ; but when grown in pots they 

 can be more readily protected from the weather, and 

 consequently last bright and fresh much longer than 

 when exposed to sun and rain. 



Moreover, the lovely varieties of L. speciosum during 

 a sunless and cold autumn are too backward to expand 

 their flowers properly in the open ground ; but if in 

 pots they can be removed under cover as soon as the 

 nights become cold and damp, and in this way they will 

 expand without a check. 



A selection of Lilies for pot culture should include : 



Lilium auratum.* 



,, Brovuni.* 



,, concolor. 



,, croceum. 



,, dauricum. 



elegans. 



,, Hansoni.* 



Lilium japonicum. 

 ,, longtflorum.* 

 ,, rube Hum. 

 ,, speciosum.* 

 ,, tenuifolium. 



testaceum. 



Henryi.* 



Those marked * are the best. 



tigrinum splendens. * 



