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then they will last many years. In the Tuileries gardens at Paris 

 they have a pretty plan of planting them round the standard rose- 

 trees, and supporting the flower-stems by tying them to the stems of 



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the rose-trees. 



In summer no plant adorns a garden more than the Lily. 



" Fairest flower, behold the lily, 

 Blooming in the sunny ray : 

 Let the blast sweep o'er the valley, 

 See it prostrate on the clay." BURNS. 



It is too little cultivated, but Mr. Wilson, the chairman of the Fruit 

 Committee of the Horticultural Society, who carefully collects the 



FIG. 420. L. lancifohum. 



FIG. 421. L. auratum. 



FIG. 419. White Lily. 



bulbs, has set an example which may lead to a more general culti- 

 vation of these elegant plants. How lovely is 

 the White Lily (Liliuin candidum, fig. 419) in 

 June! What a grand appearance the varieties L. 

 lancifolium (fig. 420) and L. auratum (fig. 421) 

 present in September ! All of these and many 

 other kinds, such as the L. Martagon, thrive in 

 the open borders. One lovely species, the Z. 

 canadense flavum (fig. 422), I have figured from 

 Mr. Wilson's collection, as one of the garden 

 flowers of the future ; but persons who have 

 been in Japan tell me that to view lilies in all 

 their glory they must be seen in that country. 



FIG. 422. L. canadense 

 flavum. 



Many fine species 



