22 Raising Seedling Liliums. 



this soil, the May Cherry has proved highly satisfactory, and is taking the 

 place of nearly all the other varieties for market. It is there mainly 

 propagated from suckers. 



In point of fact, west of the mountains, the Early May and large Eng- 

 lish Morello are, thus far, all the varieties, that have been freely tested, tliat 

 have proved worthy of general cultivation in the commercial orchards. 



Champaign, III., Aug. 17, 1867. A^- -L- .UUTllcip. 



Raising Seedling Liliums. — Last year, I crossed Liliicm speciosicm 

 with the pollen of two distinct varieties of Z. aurahim, both marked with 

 dull crimson bands instead of yellow; and some fine pods of seeds were 

 ripened on Z. speciosiim. The two varieties of Z. auratnm were crossed 

 with pollen from Z. speciosum, and they likewise ripened good seed to look 

 at. All the seeds of the two sorts were kept separate, and sown in pans in 

 a warm pit in March last. I was surprised to see no signs of any young 

 plants appearing till it was far advanced in summer, and then only about 

 seventeen showed their tiny leaves in the pans of the auratum varieties. 

 Lately, a few of the speciosiim seedlings have appeared above ground ; and, 

 on scratching down into the soil, I have found, in all the pans, hundreds of 

 small bulbs, that have formed from the seeds, and never showed leaves at 

 all, or at least till now. Raisers of liliums from seed, if disappointed in 

 their plants not appearing above ground, had, therefore, better examine the 

 soil to see if any young bulbs are forming below. — W. T., in Florist. 



