AND THEIE CULTURE. 43 



" I have never found any difficulty in growing L. Japonic-urn (Brownii\ 

 which thrives with me on peat and leaf-mould. I winter the pot of this 

 and other Lilies, plunged, like Hyacinths and such things, in sawdust, 

 anywhere out of the reach of actual frost. I think the first, or slow 

 growing period, should be prolonged as much as possible, after which the- 

 warmer berth of greenhouse or conservatory encourages development to a, 

 high degree. A free circulation of air is, however, indispensable, and the 

 contrary most prejudicial to wit, anything of continued close and moist 

 treatment. 



" Much as I object to peat for general cultivation, Lilies undoubtedly 

 like it. They will, however, do well and healthily in loam with leaf-mould 

 or very old hot-bed manure. This is all that is necessary for the Martagons 

 and other hardy sorts, still I find myself giving a ' bit of peat ' to a 

 favourite. Longifiorum will flourish planted under a wall 'for years ; 

 and I have had beds of it in great beauty under peat treatment, in a genial 

 situation. It is apt, as my friend Mr. Wilson says, to suffer from early 

 frosts. In this case gangrenous spots appear on the leaves, and the plants 

 are checked and injured. Even the common white Lily sometimes suffers 

 in the same way here. Japonicum (Brownii) sometimes lies dormant for a 

 year, which I believe is induced by too dry a season of Test. Wai- 

 lichianum I never could induce to start at all. TenuifoUum came up 

 freely from seed, and throve in absolutely pure sandy loam, under a glass 

 frame in front of my stove. Teslaceuin luxuriates with me out-of-doors 

 in strong loam, heavily manured. Lilies seldom grow or flower strongly 

 the first season out-of-doors, after transplanting. They sometimes, too, 

 resent division in-doors. When a mass is broken up for stock, rather 

 small pots should be used, and the plants brought on slowly. 



"By the way, Longifiorum forces very fairly, becoming after that 

 operation almost a perpetual, jumping up and flowering at all sorts of odd 

 times, something * In tempore quod verwn omnium est primum* say just 

 in time for your Christmas ball. Candidum forces well." R. T. Clarke t 

 in Hort. Journal. 



The following are the particulars of the specimen of L. Auratum, 

 illustrated in the Gardeners' Chronicle, Feb. 15th, 1873, page 215 : 



" A single bulb, measuring 2 inches in diameter, was obtained early in 

 1865. It was potted in a 7-inch pot and placed in a cool greenhouse, 

 where it produced three flowers on one stem. In 186(5 it was repotted in 

 a 9-inch pot and received similar treatment : the plant threw up two 

 stems, producing altogether seventeen flowers. In 1867 it was repotted 

 in an 11-inch pot and treated as before : the plant threw three strong flower- 

 ing stems, and three smaller ones, producing altogether fifty- three flowers. 

 In 1868 the plant was shifted into a 16-inch pot, and placed, in the month 

 of February, in a temperature of 45 to 50% where it remained until it 

 flowered : the plant threw up five strong stems, and seven smaller ones, 

 producing altogether a hundred flowers. In 1869 it was turned out of 

 the pot and a small portion of the old soil taken away from the ball ; it 

 was then put into a 17-inch pot and treated as before up to the flowering- 



