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Lily: I could write a chapter about these, but, 

 alas ! space forbids. Among the many excellent 

 varieties I can mention 

 the following : 

 candidum white, 



LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY A GREAT 

 FAVORITE OF HARRIET'S 



Lilium 

 blooms 



in June with the peren- 

 nial larkspurs, and is 

 sometimes called "annun- 

 ciation" or "madonna" 

 lily ; lilium auratum, also 

 called "gold-banded lily of 

 Japan," blooms in late 

 summer ; lilium tigrinum 

 splendens, or "tiger lily," 

 spotted orange color; lil- 

 ium speciosum album, large white flowers with a 

 greenish band through the center of each petal ; 

 lilium speciosum rubrum, white, heavily spotted with 

 rosy spots ; lily-of-the-valley is last but not least a 

 home is incomplete without a group of these lowly 

 little beauties. All lilies like partial shade; lily-of- 

 the-valley will do best in full shade. Lilium candi- 

 dum should be set only about two inches deep, dur- 

 ing August or early September ; lily-of-the-valley 

 can best be moved in October, and should also be 

 planted shallow. The other lilies mentioned may be 

 set in late fall or early spring, as you prefer, and 

 may be set six or eight inches deep in well-drained 

 soil. Sprinkling sulphur on the bulbs and putting 

 some sand beneath and around them, helps to keep 

 them from rotting. 



Myrtle : A well-known evergreen trailing plant 

 with blue flowers in spring. Does well almost any- 

 where and spreads rapidly. 



Pasony : Has been greatly improved of late 



