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the size of blackberries. Do you wish to multiply them 

 as rapidly as possible? Then cut off these stems as 

 carefully as possible, so as not to shatter off the tiny 

 bulblets, and plant them in good, light soil, covering 

 about two or three inches deep. The embryo bulbs 

 seem to feed on the stem, and in the spring they come 

 up good and strong. It takes a couple of years or so 

 for them to be large enough to flower. 



The Pardanthus Chinensis or Leopard Flower rather 

 belongs to the Iris family, yet it is called the Black- 

 berry Lily. It is rather late, blossoming in mid-sum- 

 mer. It has a very pretty little flower, and when that 

 is gone a blackberry takes its place, continuing the 

 attraction of the plant. These berries hang on a long 

 time. If you wish for more of these flowers, plant the 

 blackberries in the spring, and they will grow readily. 



The Plantain Lily grows to have very large stools 

 of beautiful foliage. They have snowy white blossoms, 

 very much like the Candidum. They bloom in August. 



The Homerocallis are strong plants. These do not 

 have bulbous roots, but are propagated by root sepa- 

 ration, and also by seeds. 



The Tenuifolia is the sweetest and daintiest of all. 

 Charming; blooms hano- like chandeliers around the 

 stem. These roots are edible, and the traveler in the 

 woods of Siberia finds a plant with a charming flower 

 at one end and a potato at the other. 



Many kinds do not multiply rapidly, though the root 

 makes it up by producing seed, Avhich can be planted 



