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may be syringed to keep them fresh and subdue insects. 

 They may be potted in autumn, winter, or spring, accord- 

 ing to the season when the bulbs are available. They 

 may also be grown in peat-moss fibre. 



Propagation. Lilies may be increased by offsets, 

 which form at the base ; by bulbils, which form on the 

 stems of such species as have the habit of producing 

 them ; and by scales, which should be inserted in a box 

 in a compost of leaf mould and sand, with some cocoa- 

 nut-fibre refuse added in spring, and planted out when 

 they have formed bulbs. 



Among other plants grown under the name of Lilies 

 are the following : 



African Corn Lily, Ixia. 



American Wood Lily, Trillium grandiflorum. 



Belladonna Lily, Amaryllis Belladonna. 



Brisbane Lily, Eurycles Cunninghami. 



Day Lily, Hemerocallis. 



Guernsey Lily, Nerine sarniensis. 



Herb Lily, Alstromeria. 



Jacobean Lily, Sprekelia formosissima. 



Lent Lily, Narcissus Pseudo- Narcissus. 



Lily of the Nile, Richardia {Calla\ Africana (sEthiopicd). 



Lily of the Valley, Convallaria majalis. 



Mariposa Lily, Calochortus. 



Peruvian Lily, Alstromeria. 



Plantain Lily, Funkia. 



St. Bernard's Lily, Anthericum Liliago. 



St. Bruno's Lily, Anthericum Liliastrum. 



Scarborough Lily, Vallota purpurea. 



Snake's Head Lily, Fritillaria. 



Torch Lily, Kniphofia (Tritomd). 



Water Lily, Nymphcea. 



Most of these plants do not quite come within the 

 scope of the present work, and as they are nearly all 



