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en root-action, all lilies, on being planted, should 

 receive a liberal sprinkling of sharp sand about 

 the bulbs. 



With us the lily is even more susceptible to 

 drought than to frost, and failure is oftener the 

 result of shallow planting and poor soil, than 

 owing to the rigors of our winter climate. Very 

 much depends on good, deep, and congenial soil, 

 and healthy bulbs to start with. Partial shade, 

 with some species, is absolutely necessary, and 

 all are benefited by, and some will not grow at 

 all without, a liberal supply of moisture. Differ- 

 ent species are as different in their requirements 

 as they vary in the character of their bulbs and 

 their periods of flowering. What holds good of 

 one climate often does not of another. I have 

 seen magnificent beds of established Lilium au- 

 ratum and speciosum on the Eastern coast in 

 open sun, that it w r ould be utterly impossible to 

 grow without shade in the lower lake region. 

 They liked not only the peat and deep trenching, 

 but extracted a tonic from the sea-air, which just 

 met their requirements. It is one thing to grow 

 certain plants where the climate itself grows 

 them ; it is quite another thing where they have 

 to be cajoled into tractability. The more diffi- 

 cult the task, however, the greater the satisfac- 

 tion to accomplish it ; success is always pleasant, 



