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aster. It does well under the conditions prescribed for 

 auratum. Bulbiferum is not a very important species, 

 and may be left out of a small collection without much 

 hesitation. It grows about a yard high, and has red 

 flowers. It is not a fastidious sort, and thrives in most 

 soils. 



The Hybrid Lily Burbankii, which was raised by 

 crossing the species pardalinum and Washingtonianum 

 (or Parryi) is interesting. It grows about four feet 

 high, and produces apricot-coloured flowers. The 

 auratum treatment suits it. Canadense, a North Ameri- 

 can species, is worth growing. Three to four feet high, 

 it has orange yellow flowers with red spots ; but bulb- 

 dealers offer two varieties of it, one with lighter flowers 

 called flavum y and the other deeper in colour, and 

 named rubrum. The cost of all is about the same 

 73. to 8s. per dozen. They love peat, and, if a group 

 of them is to be established in the Lily border, a 

 station well dressed with peat should be prepared. 

 The species is illustrated in the Botanical Magazine, 

 t. 800. 



Reverting to candidum and chalcedonicum, both 

 will thrive with auratum treatment, and garden varieties 

 of both are offered by bulb-dealers. A popular form 

 of the White Lily is striatum, but it costs about double 

 as much as the species. Heldreichi is one of the most 

 esteemed forms of Chalcedonicum. 



Three newer species, which are offered in some 

 catalogues, are carniolicum, carolinianum, and Catesbcei. 

 The first has red, the second orange, and the third 

 scarlet flowers. Like Canadense they are peat-lovers. 

 Catesbaei grows about eighteen inches high, and the 

 others from two to three feet. Colchicum (Szovitzianum) 

 has yellow flowers spotted with brown, and grows about 



