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teum, even, may be put there if no situation with more 

 complete shelter can be found. Nearly all the Lilies 

 love the loam and peat of the Azalea compost, and their 

 splendid flowers make the bed beautiful when the principal 

 occupants are over for the season. 



The tuberous Begonia does not make rapid progress 

 as a bedding plant, and I cannot recommend it for dry 

 districts. In moist places, however, it has claims to 

 recognition, and we have to remember that a few tubers 

 need only be bedded in moist cocoanut fibre refuse in 

 spring to provide a reserve of plants that are ready for 

 transference to the garden at any convenient moment in 

 June or July. This is an advantage that should not be 

 overlooked. If the Begonia reserve is not wanted for 

 the garden it can be potted and used for the greenhouse 

 or conservatory, although if the Begonia-lover makes 

 pot-culture a special feature he may prefer to grow 

 modern varieties like Mary Gwillim, double yellow ; 

 Lady Cromer, double blush ; Hon. Mrs. M. Glyn, double 

 salmon ; John Peed, double salmon-pink ; and Mrs. 

 J. C. Gwillim, double vermilion, which represent the 

 highest standard yet attained in tuberous Begonias. 



Carnation-lovers who bed their favourite plant rarely 

 attempt any intermixture ; and, indeed, the fact that 

 the Carnation is evergreen, or rather ever-silvery, guards 

 against soil bareness. Moreover, the Carnation throws 

 out a number of runners, which have to be slit and 

 pegged down in summer to get fresh stock, and this 

 makes inter-planting inconvenient. The beauty of the 

 Carnation as a bedder is spoken of in chapter x., where 

 some good modern varieties are named. 



In connection with Carnations I would mention the 

 beautiful modern Pink called Progress, rosy mauve in 

 colour, with strong erect stems, freely branched, and 



