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case the bulbs should be lifted and cleaned and 

 all diseased scales removed, saving the scales 

 for replanting; reset in clean soil, packing a 

 handful of clean, sharp sand and a pinch of char- 

 coal about each bulb. Candidum lilies should 

 not be set more than an inch or two below the 

 surface of the gi-ound, but most other lilies, es- 

 pecially the auratums, speciosums, Brownii, and 

 giganteums should be planted six or more inches 

 deep and well padded with sand. A Httle pad 

 of sphagnum moss under each bulb is excellent as 

 it suppUes the necessary drainage. Auratum 

 bulbs and bulbs of the Japanese lilies are not as 

 permanent as the candidums and tiger lilies, 

 usually lasting a maximum of five years, if left 

 undisturbed. 



It is not much use to plant lily bulbs, tuhps 

 and hyacinths in ground infested with moles. 

 The moles should first be eradicated, and then 

 bulbs may be planted safely but it is little satis- 

 faction to make an extensive and costly planting 

 of bulbs only to have them become food for the 

 moles and ground mice. I have known plantings 



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