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tiful L. Batemanniae is a member of the elegans family, 

 though it is not usually catalogued as such, and is fully 

 four feet tall when well grown. Its Lilies are pure, un- 

 spotted apricot in colour, and they are carried erectly. 

 I am sorry to say that this is one of those that has not 

 quite made up its mind about our garden, but I am 

 always hoping to turn the tide in our favour. 



One more splendidly coloured, erectly carried Lily we 

 have in the garden, and this, I am rejoiced to say, is not 

 one of the uncertainties. No finer Lily grows than L. 

 croceum, the Orange or Herring Lily of old gardens. It 

 is perfectly hardy and will thrive in full sunshine in any 

 good garden soil, or it does well in partial shade. It 

 bears several soft orange-coloured flowers, spotted dull 

 red, on a four-foot stalk, and it blooms with the Delphin- 

 iums, with which it is very charming. 



Two other Lilies remain that are doing well and in- 

 creasing in this garden: the vivid little L. tenuifolium 

 and the beautiful Brownii. The former is a Siberian 

 and grows but a foot and a half high. It bears from six 

 to ten small, fiercely scarlet, waxen Lilies to a stalk, and 

 the leaves are fine and numerous. It is perfectly hardy 

 but enjoys a shaded spot, and its slenderness of growth 

 unfits it to appear with large, coarse plants. It is 

 a brilliant and lovely Lily, particularly happy when 

 grown among ferns. The fact that L. Brownii accepted 

 our garden without a complaint is a matter for much 

 congratulation, for it is a most splendid Lily and one not 



