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flowering of Lilium elegans. This is a dwarf lily, to be had in a 

 score or more distinct varieties, and as they only grow^ from one 

 to two feet in height they should be grouped in the immediate 

 foreground of the planting. Next comes the rich orange lily, X. 

 croceum^ attaining a height of five feet, with the scarlet turk's- 

 cap, Lilium Chalcedonicinn^ the Umbellatum group, the Marta- 

 gon group, and Lilium testaceum — all July flowering kinds. 

 August will bring the tiger lily in several distinct varieties, also 

 Lilium Henryi, a giant among lilies, easily grown and gracefully 

 beautiful. Last comes the Speciosum group of lilies as a fitting 

 termination of the long succession. Only the cheap, easily grown 

 hlies have been enumerated. Many others of great interest and 

 beauty might be added, the Auratum group, for example, that 

 would need a little more cultural care and attention. 



Sum.mer and autumn pe7'en7iials. — Numerous other groups 

 of flowers have strong claims for consideration. Suppose you 

 have a good deep fertile soil that will grow good Delphiniums, 

 why not plant a group of a hundred or more. In all Flora's fair 

 family there are none more stately, and what a range of color they 

 present in every conceivable shade of blue. Perhaps your ground 

 is poor and shallow, then take the Yuccas, filamentosa and flac- 

 cida, and plant these in bold broad masses. In New Jersey and 

 doubtless elsewhere there are by the country roadsides great 

 groups of the tawny day lily, Hemerocallis fulva, apparently 

 wild ; and gorgeous they look with thousands of flowers open at 

 one time on a July da3^ This is a Chinese plant but the way it 

 has become naturalized would easily lead one into the behef it 

 was a native of our land. Does not this suggest a similar free 

 use of the other species of Hemerocallis in our gardens in asso- 

 ciation with tree and shrub in a wild, free way ? Bocconia, 

 Crambe, Ferula, Echinops, and Polygonum are names that, to 

 those who know the plants that l)ear them, recall plants of great 

 size and handsome character, too coarse perhaps for the choice 

 collection, but given a place in the tree and shrub plantations they 

 will give the garden another aspect of beautiful, hardy vegetation. 

 As summer verges into autumn other great groups continiie the 

 floral story of the year. To cite a few, there are Phlox, Helian- 

 thus, Rudbeckia, Helenium, Aster, Kniphofia, and others all 

 worthy of the same bold generous treatment. 



