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like, and strongly-scented flowers are distinct 

 among the turbans. 



L. pulchellum, another small red species, 

 from Siberia, blossoms with tenuifolium. Both 

 of these do best in sandy soil, as does also the 

 common wild orange-red lily (L. Philadelphi- 

 cum), a most beautiful early species. You have 

 seen its single and sometimes two and three flow- 

 ered blossoms lighting the June meadows and 

 sandy hill-sides. Its blossoms seldom number 

 more than three. A gigantic specimen I once 

 found with eight blossoms, and which I carefully 

 transplanted with a large ball, divided itself into 

 four stalks the following season. 



I do not wonder that the Madonna lily (Z. 

 candidum) has been claimed as an emblem by 

 nearly a hundred saints. It seems to have a 

 special charm of its own, so chaste it is, so in- 

 violable in its purity. The roses and the big 

 blue larkspurs come into bloom just in time to 

 set it off, and together, perhaps, form the most 

 beautiful summer pageant of the garden. The 

 Madonna lily is one of the most gracious of its 

 graceful tribe, being not only unusually hardy, 

 but quick to increase, and thriving in almost any 

 soil and position. Though its white print is 

 seen everywhere, it is a flower that is never 

 common. One of the easiest to grow, it is no 



