The Gardener's New Director. 431 



them when their leaves are up, but not when down. At 

 the latter feafon take off two inches of the top earth, 

 replacing it witli frefh; and in fevere frofts, lay tuo 

 inches of old rotten tan-bark over them. Thus you may 

 ufe them, until the third year, when they are to be lifted 

 out of their boxes : They are to be planted into a border 

 of the fame afpcQ as belore, and made up of the compoil 

 ufed in the beds for the old roots; the fourtli or fifth year 

 they will bloflbm in perfection: Such as are good, are to 

 be brought into the flower-beds for {how, when the more 

 indifferent may be planted in the long borders. They 

 need not be tranfplanted but once in three years, but 

 oblerve to lay new mould over them every Michaelmas 

 and March. 



■ Li I Its and Martagons. 



The moft curious forts are» 



The Lilies are the 



White Lily of Conffanti- Broad-flalked white Lily 



nople Semi-double white 



Striped flowered white Striped-leaved fingle white 



and purple Striped - leaved double 

 Spotted white and purple white 



Largefl: double white Many - flowered Orange 

 Orange Lily Lily 



Dwarf Orange Lily Bulb-bearing Lily 



Semidouble Orange Lily Double-fiery Lily 

 Striped-leaved Orange Lily 



All thefe Lilies love a lean, frcfli, fandy, undunged 

 foil ; oiherwife they are apt to rot. The Itripcd-leaved 

 white Lilies make a fine fhow in winter with their beau- 

 tiful variegated leaves. I'he rtriped-flowercd white Lily, 

 in order to have it in perfefition of bloom, requires a ve- 

 ry lean rubbifhy foil, and an expofure whereon the fun 

 fhines only until ten o'clock : Many of ihcle Lilies flv. iild 

 be planted in the long and crofs borders of the flower- 

 garden, for embellifhliicnt; and to fupply ihcm, it will 

 be necellary to have nurferies of them. 



rhe 



