22 GARDEN AND FARM TOPICS. 



cow manure to fifty gallons of water) once a week or so, 

 taking care, however, never to water unless the plant 

 shows indications of being dry. 



The treatment given above for L. candidum will also 

 answer for L. longiflorum, the white Trumpet Lily, except 

 that the latter should first be put in four-inch pots, and 

 remain until well filled with roots, or until the plant is 

 three to four inches high ; then shift into a six-inch, 

 placing the ball on the bottom, so that all, or nearly all, 

 the fresh mould is at the top. When the second pot is 

 well filled with roots, shift as before into a seven -inch pot 

 pot, where they can remain until they come into flower. 

 Soon after flowering this variety will show a disposition 

 to rest, and if allowed but a short period, and repotted 

 into an eight-inch pot without disturbing the roots, and 

 kept in a cool house, they will again come into flower in 

 September and October. Again, after a short rest, they 

 will, without a change, make a new growth and flower in 

 the following spring, by which time the bulbs will have 

 become so exhausted as to need planting in the border 

 for at least two years. A new variety of L. longiflorum^ 

 known as L. Harrisii, has larger flowers and is more 

 abundant in flowering. The treatment is the same as 

 for the older sort. These Lilies may also be forced by 

 placing the bulbs at once in the pots in which they are 

 intended to flower. Large numbers of them are forced 

 for Easter. 



