i-Diu e:ich bulb, and a third, tin 

 rs. It is practically irapossibl 

 ;ouil stock of the true variety 



feature is 

 ..t Howers 

 ■ t the flow- 



troiu cool ti> warm parts or 

 greater uniformity of sea- 

 its are readily detected and 



1279. Lilium Phdaaelphicum (XK)- 



lied by offsets, in which the variety is prolific, a bulb 

 imietimes producing as many as fifty. When first in- 

 ■ocluced, the stock was increased from the bulb scales, 

 0.1 from cuttings of the stem before the plant had 



Till' Kaster T.ilv i^i not difficult to crow under glass, 



:' oil.- Iki^ -tn.iiL' :in.l li>nlttiv l>nll.-\ 'I'lio in-rplexity in 



potte.l, 1 

 cushion 



bulb sIhm.. 



ThebL»t L.uili , 



devoid of clay. 



answer. The 5- 



iuch pots, and the 9-11 in 5-inch. Plu 



frame in the open, < 



excelsior; or put tlo 



remain (in New ^ m, i 



ber. Protect tluin t 



beating rains. I;\ . 



them will need tran-lrMMi- .ilmmi. l-r .inly 

 cut-flowers, it is .•u-tMii,;irA to |.iit ili,- :,-, im 

 into 5-inch pots aii4 t.. piii iIktii ai our,. ,.,, i| 



keeping them ratlnri 1 for a time. I'lowi r: 



be secured for the holidays. 



Keep them cool. A carnation temperature 

 well until they begin to bloom, when a bight 



h. Bring 

 one bulb 

 ay be put 

 strength 



temperature of 45° 



cgin to open 



is partially 



becoi.ie dry and shrivelled, inurli of their vigor is lost. 

 There are three leading commercial grades, measured 

 by the average circumference in inches of the bulbs, - 

 the 5-7's, 7-9's, O-ll's. The 7-9 is usually the most ser- 



is desirable. Start i 

 to 50°, increasing to 00° 

 too soon, remove to a r 

 shaded, where they ma 

 weeks. If they are too lat.-. ijiv,- t ■■• lieat. The elec- 

 tric light run at night will hasten the bloom percepti- 

 bly. Karely can more than 80 or 90 per cent of a crop 

 be made to bloom simultaneously. Following are the 

 dates of a crop which was forced for Easter (at Cor- 

 nell): 



October 9. Bulbs received and potted, and plunged in 

 frames. 



December 11. Brought into house. 



December 12. Shifted to permanent pots, and plunged 

 in a bed in a house having night temperature of 50°. 



February 'i. First buds seen; some of the pots trans- 

 ferred to a warmhouse (temperature for tomatoes). 



JIarch 20. Plants in bloom in warmhouse. 



April 15. Eastir. I'lanis in full bloom in coolhouse. 



Give Easter l.ili, s |,|, ntv i,f light. Keep down the 

 aphis by tumigatinu' uitli nicotine vapor once a week. 

 If the bugs get ,-i start, irive tliem a little very weak 

 tobacco water. Stake the plants when about 2 feet high. 

 A good plant from a 7-9 bulb should have :i to ."i Mowers 

 open at once, and 1-3 buds. After flowering, the bulbs 

 are practically worthless. They may bp planrid in tin- 

 border and may give a few flowers tint ^.•.■i.,.n: an.l if 



well protected they may give sonic -, 1-1,1 ii-cv- 



eral seasons. If the bulbs are to 1 , , , lor- 



der, ripen them up in the pots by r I , I, ling 



water. In rare cases they have ben i,,i,,,i .u.iin the 

 second winter, but the attempt is not to In- advised ex- 

 cept for experiment. 



AH the above remarks are intended for the true 

 Easter or Harrisii Lily. Lately L. lo,i;iiflm-i,w itself 

 has come into use for greenhouse wm-k. It is tisually 

 more uniform, of lower growth, ami a mater |,|ant. It 

 does not force so well, however, timl i~ n-inilly ilitlieult 

 to get for an early Easter. It sli..iil,l I,.- in loinie for 

 n.,,-,.rati,.n Day. Some of these l„,iii;iib,riinis come 

 tr,,ni i:,rinnila'nnd others from .bipan. TIm' Hcrniuda- 

 rr,,«n l,i!n - are less reliable than f,.i-nM-i-l\ . It is |,rob- 

 al,l, ilnii (111, a and the southern parts ot tin, r, S. will 

 -row thu stuck iu time. l. H. B. 



The genus Lilium is distinguished by having flowers 

 with the perianth of 6 distinct segments, deciduous, 

 clawed, the claws usually distinctly grooved; stamens 



