GARDENING BY M YSELF. 1 1 5 



orange red. The annunciation lilies (L. 

 candidum) — old, classical, but too pure or 

 too something for most modern gardens — 

 are sweet after their own rare fashion, 

 gleaming out in spotless white ; and to my 

 great pleasure, my new L. auratum shews 

 three buds that promise full developement. 

 The first one I planted, promised and failed. 

 This was put in without any manure near 

 it, and does better. L. thunbergianum and 

 L. fulgidum are both past or passing, but 

 both are fine : the first, a dark, gloomy red ; 

 the second, red, flushed with orange. 



You will think I have forgotten the little 

 things to do, in the great things done. 



First of all, then, there are \ueeds — always 

 weeds — to be nipped long before they reach 

 the bud. Then there are bare spots of earth 

 between your plants, uncovered as yet, and 

 always prone to bake and harden in the 

 June sun. For both of these a small, fine 

 rake is the best cure. Constant working 

 among your plants, with a careful hand, is 

 the greatest possible refreshment to them 



