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high with bright green foliage, producing from four to twelve dark 

 yellow flowers remarkable for their thickness of petals and wax- 

 like appearance. It will grow as easy as a tiger lily, and is just 

 as hardy; it flowers in June. Perhaps the hardy garden lily with 

 the greatest future is Henryi, the yellow speciosum. This lily 

 has been brought to us from the mountains of China, and it is 

 indeed a gem, as it will thrive without any special care, producing 

 strong panicles of yellow flowers, resembling very strongly the 

 much admired speciosum form. 



Lycoris squamigrra, or Amaryllis Hallii, or called by some magic 

 flower, is a most interesting subject; the bulb is similar in shape 

 and size to an amaryllis, but really belongs to the Nerines. It can 

 be planted either in spring or fall, but I would prefer the fall, as 

 there would be more time for the roots to form, as the foliage starts 

 out early in the spring and grows quite rank until sometime in 

 July, when it begins to dry up, and any one not familiar with its 

 nature would think it had died, but about a month later, as if by 

 magic, the flower stalk springs from the ground for a height of 

 about two or three feet, producing an umbel of beautiful lily shaped 

 flowers three or four inches across, and eight to twelve in number, 

 of a delicate lilac pink, shaded with clear blue. It is perfectly hardy 

 and makes a splendid acquisition to the hardy border. Cover 

 about four inches. 



Montbretias are coming more and more into prominence, and 

 some of the newer sorts such as Germania, Geo. Davison, Martagon, 

 etc. are very charming and useful, and I believe are destined to 

 be grown more and more for cutting as they mix well with other 

 flowers. Tigridias, commonly called shell flowers, owing to their 

 resemblance to beautiful sea shells are very interesting from a 

 standpoint of color, form, etc., but their great drawback is the 

 short life of the individual flower, which never lasts more than a 

 day, therefore it is almost useless as a cut flower; however, by 

 planting a number of them we are apt to have a few blooms at 

 almost any time during the summer. 



Zephyranthes, or zephyr lilies, are very close relatives of the 

 Cooperias and may be grown in about the same way. There are 

 several varieties and species, but the best ones are Rosea, a rosy 

 red color, and Candida, pure white, the most beautiful of all. 



