LILIES 



is worthy of a place in the garden, though 

 far from being as effective as the white- 

 flowered variety. I also grow the kind with 

 the small white and green variegated leaves 

 for the sake of the foliage, so useful in 

 house decoration. 



Funkias are not, botanically speaking, 

 Lilies, but are mentioned in this chapter 

 because popularly known as Day Lilies and 

 on account of the lily- like form of their 

 blossoms. 



Lily-of'the-valley should have a place in 

 every garden. Absolutely hardy, requiring 

 no care, it blooms prolifically in early May, 

 fills the air with its fragrance, and is beloved 

 by every one. The German name for this 

 flower, Mai Glocken (May Bells) is partic- 

 ularly appropriate. 1 have heard of one 

 woman whose bed of these flowers, four feet 

 by fifty feet, has yielded as many as twenty 

 thousand sprays in one season. The pips 

 can be set out the end of October or the 

 beginning of November. If the bed is quite 



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