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the Japanese all the misery they have inflicted 

 upon Kiota and Awata. It is scarcely astonish- 

 ing that a country which can produce such a 

 flower should produce artisans to whom nothing 

 is impossible. It ought to inspire a transcend- 

 ental literature. Under date of August 29, 

 1885, F. Bridger, Penshurst Place, Kent, wrote 

 to the London " Garden " : " We have in the 

 open ground here a Lilium auratum with forty 

 flowers upon it at the present time, and over a 

 hundred more still to open ; the plant has six 

 stems seven feet high." The proprietor should 

 go down upon his knees to such a gardener, and 

 endow him with an annuity for life ! 



Remarkable among lilies, and differing en- 

 tirely from the type, is the Himalayan species, L. 

 giganteum, termed the "king of lilies." It is, I 

 believe, generally considered tender with us, and 

 difficult to manage. Two years ago I experi- 

 mented with three of a dozen small bulbs, plant- 

 ing them out on the 2oth of November, in rich 

 loam and leaf-mold. These wintered perfectly, 

 and the remainder, which were placed in a cool 

 house, have since withstood the winter equally 

 well, and are now vigorous plants, with immense 

 Caladium-\ti& leaves, growing in partial shade ; 

 these have not yet flowered. This species, in 

 Europe, attains a height of ten feet, and bears 



