36 BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS 



The following are good and inexpensive varieties :- 



SINGLE. 



Grant Allen, crimson. 

 Prince of Orange, orange. 

 Starlight, salmon. 

 Exquisite, pink. 

 Sunshine, yellow. 

 Snowdrift, white. 



DOUBLE. 



B. R. Davis, crimson. 

 H. Russell, scarlet. 

 Claribel, salmon. 

 Beauty of Belgrove, pink. 

 Rev. G. Lascelles, yellow. 

 Lord Roberts, white. 



Belladonna and Guernsey Lilies. There are very few bulbous 

 flowers more beautiful than those charming twins, the Belladonna 

 and Guernsey Lilies, the former of which bulb-dealers may offer 

 under the name of Amaryllis Belladonna, and the latter of Nerine 

 sarniensis, or under their popular names. Both have rosy flowers, 

 and those of the Guernsey Lily are particularly brilliant in fact, 

 they seem to positively sparkle. The bulbs soon start growing in 

 autumn, like those of the white Madonna Lily, and in the case 

 of all the members of this lovely trio the dealer likes to have the 

 order early, so that he can put it on a special file, and execute 

 it the moment the bulbs come in. He does not like to have to 

 conduct a long correspondence after his cases have arrived, for all 

 the while it is going on the bulbs are growing, and he is afraid 

 of their getting spoiled. It is to the buyer's interest to humour 

 the dealer in this matter, and the order for the Lilies may go in 

 when the earliest of the bulbs for the autumn supply, such as 

 White Roman Hyacinths, are requisitioned. It is wise to choose 

 a sheltered position for the Belladonna and Guernsey Lilies, if 

 possible, or a border under a wall with a southern or western 

 aspect, and to provide a well-drained, loamy, friable soil. If they 

 establish themselves in such a position, and are protected with 

 dry litter in hard weather, they are almost sure to flower well 

 every year; and if they do, nothing in the garden is likely to be 

 more admired. 



Calochortus (Mariposa Lily}. Many amateurs grow bulbs for 

 years without ever learning the full resources of the family. They 



