GARDENS NEAR THE SEA 



L. speciosum rubrum, another lovely and most popu- 

 lar lily of Japan, is particularly hardy and free in its 

 branching habit of growth. The variety is particularly 

 popular, the flowers being white, shaded with rose, 

 and spotted with red of a deep rich tone. Once planted, 

 this lily, like many others, practically looks after 

 itself, requiring little care from garden builders, but 

 holding strongly their admiration. L. speciosum album, 

 the pure white variety, is very lovely and fragrant. 



In August, the speciosum lilies open, and frequently 

 the first frost finds them a prey to its sting. Rubrum 

 likes a place partly shaded; album prefers the full sun. 



L. Henryi, the strikingly beautiful speciosum, 

 while coming from northern China, is perfectly hardy 

 in the greater number of American gardens near the 

 sea. It grows vigorously to the height of about six 

 feet, and its flowers are deep apricot yellow, strongly 

 spotted with brown. 



L. Hansoni is a bright golden Japanese lily, which 

 seldom grows higher than three feet. Sometimes it 

 is especially planted because it blossoms in June. 



One of the most exquisite lilies for garden culture 

 is the longiflorum, so named from its long, trumpet- 

 shaped flowers of pure white. It stands about two feet 

 high and greatly resembles in general appearance the 

 well-known Bermuda lily. 



The Japanese elegans lilies, of which there are a 

 number of varieties producing darkly spotted flowers 

 in separate tones of yellow, orange, crimson, or buff, 

 are noteworthy on account of their great hardiness, 

 and also because they produce their effects in June 



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