250 POPULAR GARDEN FLOWERS 



on a wall at the back of a Lily border. The Passion 

 Flower (Passiflora cczruled] may be grown on a warm 

 wall if it is liked, and so may the beautiful Ceanothuses, 

 which produce lavender or blue cones. 



In such a Lily border as the foregoing auratum, and 

 possibly some of its varieties, must have a place. On 

 account of its tall growth it must be set towards the 

 back. If the soil is loam it will need little more than 

 deepening and manuring to render it suitable ; but even 

 loam needs breaking up to a good depth to render it 

 thoroughly friable, and leaf mould or road scrapings 

 will facilitate the task. The best manure is decayed 

 stuff from an old hotbed. Two barrowloads to the 

 square rod of ground will be a sufficient quantity to 

 apply, and it should be worked underneath the top spit, 

 where it will not touch the bulbs, but where the roots 

 will find it. If the natural soil of the Lily border is 

 light, that is, if it is thin soil over chalk, or merely 

 sand, it ought to be stiffened up with loam. Such soils 

 are good in one respect they are well drained, but they 

 have not substance enough for Lilies. If chalk comes 

 near the surface it ought to be broken up and covered 

 with garden refuse. Loam, leaf mould, and decayed 

 manure will collectively impart depth and body to the 

 surface layer. 



Other Species. In anything like a representative 

 collection of Lilies possibly Batemanii and Bolanderi, 

 but certainly Brownii y will find places. The first grows 

 about three feet high, and has apricot-coloured flowers ; 

 the second about two feet, and has purplish red blooms, 

 it thrives under the same conditions as auratum ; the 

 third four feet, and has white flowers marked with 

 brown or purple. Brownii is one of the finest Lilies, 

 and there are some good varieties of it, notably Chlor- 



