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good garden soil if given a bit of shade and a ground 

 cover. It blooms in July and August. 



Gay L. canadense grows about here in the low mead- 

 ows as thickly as the Buttercups, and I have trans- 

 planted many to the garden borders where they are 

 quite content, save in very dry summers when my water 

 supply is low. Philadelphicum, not quite so plentiful as 

 the other two, is still fairly familiar to many of us. It 

 grows plentifully on Nantucket Island and creates a 

 brilliant spectacle, holding its glistening scarlet flowers 

 erectly through the long grass of dry meadows. This 

 Lily is a little more difficult to catch and tame than 

 the two others, and like many another wild thing loses 

 much of its flash and individuality when brought under 

 restraint. 



We have, however, in the elegans type, Lilies much 

 like L. philadelphicum in character. They are orange or 

 scarlet in colour and are carried erectly. These are 

 among the easiest of Lilies to manage. I have them in 

 various parts of the garden, but mainly in borders in the 

 west and south, and they have increased at a great rate. 

 They are dwarf in stature, usually not over a foot high, 

 and some are less. They bloom with us the latter part 

 of June, and there are many fine hybrids. Of these, 

 Alice Wilson is a splendid lemon-yellow sort. Other 

 very good varieties are Peter Barr, soft yellow; Van 

 Houttci, bright scarlet; Orange Queen Prince of 

 Orange apricot with black spots. I believe the beau- 



