i8o MY GARDEN 



teum, are L. Sulphureum, his neighbour from the 

 Himalayas a very glorious flower when prosperous ; 

 L. Japonicum Colchesterense ; L. auratum Wittei ; L. 

 Brownii ; L. Thunbergianum " Van Houttei " ; L. Um- 

 bellatum "Cloth of Gold" ; L. Pardalinum the type ; 

 L. Speciosum Album " Kraetzeri " stronger and more 

 beautiful than the type ; L. Rubellum ; L. Krameri ; 

 L. Colchicum (Szovitsianum) ; L. Batemanniae ; L. 

 candidum ; L. Washingtonianum a very beautiful 

 fragrant lily, with white, purple-spotted petals that 

 fade to pink ; L. testaceum, the sweet, nankeen- 

 coloured, natural hybrid between candidum and a 

 scarlet martagon ; and L. martagon album. 



Among new lilies, I care not for any of the 

 gardener's hybrids, unless it be " Marhan " ; but L. 

 Bakerianum, a species from Burma, is very beautiful. 

 She has most delicate yellow petals tinged with green, 

 spotted with purple, and of a lovely shape. 



Start with this little bunch and you will inevitably 

 proceed to the rest. The late Dr. Wallace's hand- 

 book on lilies taught me a great deal about them. 

 It is full of practical advice collected by that famous 

 horticulturist. 



Another good English plant used to grow beside 

 my pond, but I have lost it now. This is butomus 

 umbellatus, the marsh gladiolus, as it is called for 

 some obscure reason. It should be planted in mud 

 to prosper, and under those circumstances opens 

 its clusters of pink flowers during late June. My 

 best plants were found in a west-country marsh 

 by my son, and did better than all others. 



