Round the Year in the Garden 



* Batemanniae, 3 feet, apricot coloured, blooms in August ; 

 bulbiferum, 2 to 3 feet, orange, June (this kind produces 

 small bulbs in the axils of the leaves ; they offer a ready 

 means of increase, and should be planted in boxes of soil 

 at first) ; chalcedonicum (Scarlet Turk's Cap), 3 feet, 

 brilliant red, blooms in July ; * croceum (the old Orange 

 Lily of cottage gardens), 3 feet, June ; Hansoni, 4 feet, 

 yellow, June ; Martagon, 3 feet, purple, June (the White 

 Martagon is one of the loveliest of Lilies) ; pyrenaicum 

 (Yellow Turk's Cap), 18 to 24 inches, yellow with black 

 spots, May and June (the odour of the flowers is rather 

 unpleasant) ; * speciosum and its varieties album Kraet- 

 zeri (white) and Melpomene (crimson), 3 to 4 feet, August 

 and September ; * thunbergianum, 18 inches, orange 

 yellow, June (there are many named varieties, of which 

 Orange Queen and Prince of Orange are among the best) ; 



* tigrinum and its varieties Fortune! and splendens, 

 4 to 5 feet, August and September ; * umbellatum, 2 feet, 

 orange colour, June. All these should be planted in 

 October, for they are hardy and thrive better than when 

 planting is deferred until spring. 



Then there are Lilies which need moist, peaty soil 

 and are grateful for a little shade, but these requirements 

 are not difficult to fulfil. A few kinds suitable for such 

 positions are canadense (Canadian Lily), 3 feet, orange 

 yellow, July ; pardalinum (Panther Lily), 5 feet, orange 

 and yellow marked with crimson, July; and superbum, 

 6 feet, orange red, July. 



There are other lovely Lilies for early autumn plant- 

 ing, such for example as testaceum (Nankeen Lily), 4 to 5 

 feet, soft yellow, June; and *Henryi, 6 feet, orange 

 yellow, August (neither of which is difficult in fair soil 

 among shrubs), but probably sufficient has been said to 

 convince the reader that many lovely and satisfactory 

 flowers are to be found among the easily grown garden 

 Lilies, and to arouse in him some desire to possess 

 them. 



