306 GREEN-HOUSE OF REPOTTING. [Sirr. 



OF REPOTTING. 



Viburnum. This is a good period to repot all the 

 flowering plants of this genus. For a full description 

 of them, see Green-house, March. The repotting is 

 only intended for young plants that are wanted to 

 grow freely. When the V. tlnus is much encouraged, 

 it does not flower profusely. 



Lilium, Lily. There are four species of this splen- 

 did genus kept in the Green-house. It has always 

 been our practice to repot them when they begin to 

 grow, though it is said by some that, when removed 

 at that time, they will not flower perfectly. They will 

 not do to be kept above a few weeks out of the 

 ground, and we think they ought never to be kept out 

 any period. We place them here, that a choice may 

 be made by the cultivator of either of the periods, 

 which is not material ; observing in either case, that 

 excess of moisture is injurious while they are dormant. 

 L. longifldrum grows about one foot high, with one or 

 more flowers. L. longifldrum suaveolens, is sweet-scent- 

 ed, and has only one flower. L. japbnicum is the most 

 magnificent, grows about two feet high, with three or 

 more flowers on one stem. L. lancifblium ; we incline 

 to class this with L. speciosum, there being no apparent 

 distinction in any character. The flowers are all of 

 the purest white. They require from five to seven 

 inch pots. 



