10 NOTES ON LILIES 



in a specimen glass with water, in the morning it was as fresh as 

 ever. Can anything be more pure or graceful for church decoration 

 than Longiflorum, Brownii, and their allies? for harvest homes than 

 the stately Tiger, the gorgeous and perfumed Auratum, and the, 

 elegant Speciosum ? 



The Lilies that we have found to do well with us on light soils are as 

 follows : The Uinbellatum section, including Phttadelphicum, Bulbi- 

 ferum, Croceum, Davuricum, and their varieties; Concolor,&*n.d Coridion;. 

 The Thunbergianum or Megans section, and their many varieties; 

 Gandid/um, Longiflorum, Chalcedonicum, Pyrenaicum, and the Spe~ 

 ciosum group. Those that in our experience do better on heavy soil, 

 are Auratum, the Tiger family, Hansoni, Giganteum, Szovitzianum, 

 Washingtonianum, Iluniboldtii, Carniolicum, Testaceum, and other 

 Martagons. Those more especially suited for a peaty soil are Kra- 

 meri, Brownii, Pidclielliim, Tenuifolium, Leichtlinii, Parvum ; the 

 Oanadense group, including Superbum, Puberulum, and Pardalinum, 

 delight in a swamp ; Parvum does best (like Disa Grandiflora) on the 

 banks of a running stream, roots in water, foliage in sunshine, see 

 chap. iii. In planting Lilies, then, we advise that they should be 

 placed in the ground as soon as possible after flowering ; protected,. 

 if necessary, from extreme wet and cold during the winter by a 

 mound of earth, with sloped sides, above them. They may be 

 planted out from August to April or May, according to the season, 

 but it may be laid down as a rule, that all Lilies are best removed to* 

 their allotted stations, as soon as the flowering season is over. After- 

 this time, the first rains that fall cause the emission of new roots, which 

 maintain their activity all the autumn and winter, and if these are 

 damaged by removal, it must cause a check to the due progress of 

 the plant, see chap. iv. With regard to manure, it is generally held 

 by Lily growers of experience, that the application of fresh manure is 

 fatal to the bulbs. We have found a mulching of thoroughly rotten 

 manure during the winter months advantageous : but we cannot 

 advise that manure, fresh or old, should be dug in when the bulbs 

 are planted, liquid manure ma} 7 be freely applied during the growing 

 and blooming season. The Japanese, great Lily growers, give their 

 bulbs a top-dressing of night soil in the winter months. For pot 

 culture they should be looked over in October or November, 

 disturbed as little as possible about the roots, but the loose soil at 

 top, sides, and bottom should be crumbled away with a blunt-pointed 

 stick, fresh loam, or loam and peat, sharpened with a little sand 

 added, and the ball replaced. The pots should be large, much larger 

 than those in general use, and the bulbs planted from two to three 

 inches below the surface, according to the size, so as to permit the 

 upper set of roots to be well covered by soil. For planting out in a 

 border, choose an open spot, sheltered from wind, lest the stems be 

 knocked about and broken. In moist soils, Lilies will grow well 



