THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



is so common that we need only mention 

 its varieties. These are very fine, especi- 

 ally dalmaticum, which has flowers larger 

 than the type and of a shining blackish- 

 purple, a contrast to the loveliness of the 

 pure white variety (album). Cattaniae is 

 a form of dalmaticum and scarcely differs 

 from it. Like the type, the varieties 

 thrive freely in a good loamy soil ; they 

 are perfectly hardy and are rather partial 

 to shade, growing freely in grassy places, 

 open woods, or copses. Some of the finer 

 varieties are good garden plants, and 

 should be grouped in the spaces between 

 hardy Azaleas or similar flowering bushes. 

 Mr. R. A. Jenkins writes as to the 

 white Martagon : " The white Martagon 



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White Martagon Lilies. 



Lily is one of the most distinct ot the 

 family, and if given a suitable soil and 

 position there are but few of its relatives 

 that excel it in beauty, hardiness, or 

 freedom of bloom. As to its free-flower- 

 ing qualities, suffice it to say that three 

 bulbs in my garden after being planted as 

 many years ago gave me no less than 167 

 blooms, two of the stems carrying forty- 

 two and forty-nine blooms. Even in the 

 summer immediately after planting the 

 Lilies sent up forty blooms. This I 

 attribute to their being moved early in 

 September, for if planted late in the year, 

 most of the Martagon section refuse to 

 bloom in the ensuing summer. I find 



that this Lily does best in good deep soil 

 enriched with leaf-mould, and without 

 manure or sand. As the above-mentioned 

 soil suits such plants as Anemone sylves- 

 tris and Lily of the Valley to perfection, 

 I have carpeted the ground with them, 

 and they serve to keep the soil cool 



Lilium monadelphum, var. Szovitzianum. 



during the summer, while in May they 

 furnish me with countless flowers." 



L. monadelphum is a magnificent Lily 

 of noble growth. The stout flower-stems 

 vary from 3 to 5 ft. in height, and are 

 terminated by a pyramid of six to twenty 



