THE LILY. 



be replanted as before. L. candidum, "Easter Lily," 

 should be taken up and replanted in August or first part 

 of September, as the bulbs make a growth in autumn, 

 upon which in a great measure depends their flowering 

 the coming season. In selecting the situation for the 

 Lily-bed, care should be taken to have the dryest spot 



possible, where water is 

 not liable to stand in the 

 winter. A good mulch- 

 ing of leaves, coarse 

 manure, or evergreen 

 boughs will prove highly 

 beneficial. 



The species are pretty 

 generally distributed 

 throughout the temper- 

 ate regions of the north- 

 ern hemisphere ; a few 

 only are found in the 

 mountains of sub-tropical 

 Asia. California has fur- 

 nished several that are 

 among the more difficult 

 to cultivate here, because 

 of the difference in the 

 seasons of growth. Japan 

 has furnished by far the 

 greater number of really excellent species, among 

 which are L. auratum, or Golden Banded; L. speciosum 

 and its varieties ; L. Kramerii, L. Leichtlinii, L. tigrinum 

 flora plena, L. Thunbergianum in variety, L. longiflorum, 

 L. candidum, the oldest known species, comes from the 

 Levant. Asia furnishes L. Chalcedonicum ; Siberia the 

 beautiful little L. tenuifolium, which is there grown as an 



LILIUM AURATUM. 



