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THE CANADIAN H0KTICULTUBI8T. 



the Tuberose. The Calla, though beau- 

 tiful enough to be a member of this 

 family is totally distinct, being a mem- 

 ber of the Arum family, of which the 

 Indian Turnip and the Skunk Cabbage 

 are familiar examples. 



Of the genus Lilium, we have two or 

 three native species all valuable for our 

 flower gardens and offered for sale by 

 our Florists, but procurable in their 

 native haunts by any lover of wild 

 flowers, viz ; — the Wild Orange Red 

 Lily ( L. Philadelphicum), the Wild 

 Yellow Lily ( L. Canadense), and the 

 Turk's Cap Lily {L. Superhum). 



Besides these, most florists offer for 

 sale some forty or fifty varieties of cul- 

 tivated species, and also numerous sub- 

 varieties, all of great beauty and excel- 

 lence. Among the Japan Lilies, the 

 Gold-Banded, [Lilium auratum) shown 

 to the left in our coloured plate,* has 

 become exceedingly popular. H. T. 

 Williams, editor of the Horticulturist 

 (New York), 1869, p. 240, said of it : 

 — " This species of Lily cannot fail to 

 become one of our most popular flowers. 

 Its magnificent size, great beauty, and, 

 above all, its peerless fragrance, surpass 

 all of the same species we have yet met^ 

 When the price can be brought down 

 to 50c. instead of $L50 or $2 — -the sales 

 must be counted by hundreds of thou- 

 sands, instead of, as now, by thousands 

 only." 



But, now that this has come to pass, 

 and a dozen can be purchased at the 

 former price of a single bxilb, we fear 

 that this variety is less sought than it 

 should be, simply because it is no longer 



a novelty. When will the day come 

 in which we shall have learned to value 

 both flowers and fruits, not upon the 

 score of novelty, but wholly upon the 

 ground of their absolute and intrinsic 

 merits ? 



We leave the subject of the care and 

 cultivation of the Lily to be treated in 

 a future number by our esteemed con- 

 tributor, Mr. Hermann Simmers. 



POND LILIES DOMESTICATED. 



At the New York State Experimen- 

 tal Station, says the Xew England 

 Farmer, there is a barrel cut down to 

 convenient size, and then set in a hole 

 dug in the earth upon a corner of the 

 lawn. The top of the barrel is just 

 level with the surface of the lawn. It 

 has about four inches of river mud in 

 the bottom, in which were planted a few 

 roots of the common white pond lily. 

 The barrel was then filled with water 

 and is kept full from a faucet in the 

 aqueduct pipe, the water being turned on 

 as often as necessary. The barrel has 

 been a beautiful miniature pond of 

 white lilies all through the season. 



In the fall, after the weather gets 

 cold, the barrel or tub is removed to the 

 cellar, where it is protected from freez- 

 ing, and where the roots of the lilies 

 will be kept in conditions similar to 

 what they would be surrounded with, 

 in their natural state. There can be 

 nothing more charming in the way of 

 fl.owers on a lawn than a small pond of 

 water lilies, blooming daily the whole 

 summer through. Of course, the bai*- 

 rel must be set where teams and persons 

 would not walk into it by day or night. 

 If the tub is tight, the trouble of keep- 

 ing it supplied with water will not be 

 great on any lawn. — Floral Instructor. 



* Note.— The other lilies represented in the frontispiece are i. Lancifolium rubmn 3.nd L. Lanci/olium album. 



