YELLOW MAETAGON 

 LILY. 



Liliitm pomponiitm. 



IJRING the last ten years or so 

 t'.ie cultivation of lilies has ex- 

 panded and intensified into a 

 distinct floral passion, and as 

 the prominent leaders have 

 a considerable following", the 

 passion is embellished with a 

 fringe of fashion, and conse- 

 quently many people dabble 

 in lilies who have not much 

 real enthusiasm and still less 

 knowledge of the subject. The 

 introduction of the noble Lilium 

 auratum may be credited with 

 the initiation of this new taste, 

 and, beyond doubt, that lily of 

 lilies is the true luminous centre 

 around which the passion near, 

 and the fashion far off, continually revolve. It is but 

 a necessary circumstance that mistakes have been made 

 in the selection and cultivation of lilies, and it is now 

 beginning to be dimly discovered that certain members of 

 this glorious family are not worth the serious attention of 

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