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ally if they know what to do with them. The Ma- 

 donna or Candidum lily, the old-fashioned Tiger, 

 and the Lancifolium are most satisfactory, most 

 hardy, and multiply most rapidly. The Madonna 

 and the Japanese lancifolium should be grown in 

 the same bed, for succession, the first beginning to 

 open in early July, and the latter about the middle 

 of August. No language can describe the glory of 

 these lilies. They need only good garden soil, and 

 there must be no manure near the roots. Much 

 mischief is done by getting manure in contact with 

 the bulbs. I have had nine hundred Madonna 

 blooms in a single bed of a dozen feet in diameter; 

 the fragrance, pure, strong, and wholesome, filled 

 my garden and shrubbery. I do not know of any- 

 thing more perfect than a stalk of lilies three or 

 four feet tall, and crowned with five to eight blos- 

 soms, each six inches across, and waving perfume 

 like a censer. 



The Japan lancifoliums are glorious in all ways, 

 and are so easily grown that, like the Madonna, 

 you can plant them anywhere. As the bulbs mul- 

 tiply rapidly, it is well to plan for them along your 

 grape rows in the vineyard, setting them where the 

 plow and cultivator will not reach them. Next to 



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