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MADONNA (Lilium candidum). White. May, June. Plant in 



August. (See OLD-FASHIONED FLOWERS, p. 61.) 

 NEAPOLITAN (Alii urn Neapolitanurri). White. July; 3 to 1 8 inches. 

 Needs protection. The most ornamental of the onions. Not 

 pungent. Flowers in a dense umbel, each about J inch across. 

 Good for cutting. 



POWELL'S CAPE (Crinum Powelli). Pink. September; 3 to 4 feet. 

 Largest-flowered autumn-blooming bulb. Hardy at New York 

 if well covered in winter. Plant 8 inches deep. 



RED (Lilium Phil ad el phi cum). Red-orange, dark spotted with brown- 

 purple. June, July; I to 2 feet. Any well-drained soil, sun or 

 shade. Flower cup-shaped, erect. 



SCARLET MARTAGON (Lilium Chalcedonicum). 3 to 4 feet. Nodding 

 bright red flowers, unspotted. Sometimes yellow. One of the 

 prettiest of small flowered lilies. Should become quite popular. 

 TIGER (Lilium tigrinum). Pale brick-red, dark spotted; August ; 

 2 to 5 feet. Individual flower 6 inches. Easiest to grow of all 

 lilies. Somewhat stiff and coarse looking, but a favourite in 

 old-time gardens. 



TURK'S CAP (Lilium superbum). 4 to 8 feet. Orange and orange- 

 yellow. This is the best lily for gardens, but a great feeder and 

 wants good moist soil 2 to 4 feet deep. Flowers turban-like, 2 

 inches across; numerous. 



LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY (Convallaria majalis). White. May, June; 6 to 8 

 inches. Under shade of trees and along rich, partially shaded 

 borders. Flowers are nodding bells borne along a stalk. Fragrant. 

 MEXICAN CORAL DROPS (Bessera elegans). Vermillion and white; i to 2 

 feet. Late summer. Very effective summer flowering bulb, some- 

 times throwing 6 to 10 scapes with 20 pendulous flowers in an umbel, 

 cup-shaped. Plant in spring and lift when ripe. 



MILLA (Milla biflora). White, waxy; 6 to 18 inches high. Fragrant; 

 2j inches across. Plant in early spring. Lift September and Octo- 

 ber and store over winter. Flat star-like flower. 

 MONTBRETIA. See TRITONIA. 

 NARCISSUS: 



The poeticus, and polyanthus (Tazetta) narcissus, the jonquil, and 

 the large trumpet daffodil are varieties of different species in the one 

 botancial genus Narcissus. The family is divided into three big 



