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2. Brownii, two feet to four feet ; pure white, with central 



purple line ; July. 

 8. Thunbergianum, one foot to two feet ; yellow and scarlet 



spotted with purple ; July- August. 



4. Humboldtii, four feet to eight feet; orange-yellow, 



purple spots ; July. 



5. Kewense, six feet ; buff-coloured flowers, creamy white 



tips; July. 



6. Longiflorum, two feet to three feet ; long white flowers. 



7 Speciosum, two feet to three feet ; white suffused with 



rose 

 8. Tigrinum, two feet to four feet; orange-red, blackish 



purple spots ; June-July. 



(c) Lilies that grow best in moist loam, peat and leaf soil, in 

 a shady situation and by the side of ponds : 



1. Burbanki, four feet to five feet ; pale orange-yellow, 



chocolate spots. 



2. Canadense (in several varieties, such as Rubrum, Flavum 



and Parvum), two feet to four feet ; orange to pale red ; 

 purple spots ; August-September. 



8. Parryii, two feet to six feet ; citron-yellow, purple-brown 

 spots. 



4. Superbum (Swamp Lily), four feet to ten feet; orange- 

 red, violet spots. 



The list printed above is far from complete, but it represents 

 some of the best lilies in cultivation, and it will enable amateurs to 

 make their own selection. 



The difficulty that next presents itself is that of securing 

 satisfactory bulbs. Many of these varieties are now to be obtained 

 in the form of " home-grown bulbs," and where these can be 

 purchased there should be no delay in getting them beneath the 

 soil as early in the autumn as possible. The great importation of 

 foreign bulbs, and especially of those from the Far East, such as 

 L. Auratum, does not begin until the end of the year. In the case of 

 these late imported bulbs it is possible to plant them in December 



