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bulb, and the other from the base of the stem in spring 

 to provide for the needs of the flowers and leaves to 

 come. Those double-rooted Lilies must be planted 

 more deeply than the single-rooted sorts, for if the upper 

 set of roots is too near the surface of the soil they will be 

 insufficiently supplied with moisture and often burned 

 and injured by the sun, and while the bulb may remain 

 alive it will be overtaxed and weakened by the extra 

 strain put upon it and there will be no flowers, or at least 

 very poor and imperfect ones. Dr. Wallace, in his 

 "Notes on Lilies," states as his belief the fact that the 

 deadly disease which yearly destroys so many auratum 

 and other double-rooting Lilies is usually caused by the 

 shallow planting of the bulbs. They should be set at 

 least eight inches below the surface of the soil, while for 

 the single-rooting sorts five or six is sufficient. L. 

 auratum, Batemannice, Brownii, croceum, Henryi, ele- 

 gans, longiflorum, tigrinum, speciosum, Hansoni, Kra- 

 meri are some of those which grow two sets of roots and, 

 as among these are some of the loveliest and most use- 

 ful of Lilies, we must do what we can to bring about 

 the conditions which tend to their highest development. 

 Few Lilies do well in sun unless the stems are pro- 

 tected, and so we make a charming virtue of necessity 

 and clothe the tender stems with the foliage of other 

 plants. In shady places ferns make a most exquisite 

 setting for Lilies, and in the sunny borders many plants 

 may be called upon to serve the same purpose. Of these 



