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should be about three inches deep, of thoroughly mixed soil, if 
sifted, so much thebetter. Should be pressed down firmly. For 
C. venustus and its varieties, C. luteus, C. splendens, C. Kennedyi, 
C. maweanus, C. pulchellus, C. nudus, C. Benthamii use a clay 
loam with about one-tenth chip mold. They require a soil that 
will pack firmly. C. macrocarpus, C. Gunnisoni, C.Weedii, and 
C. Palmerii need a sandy loam. During the growing season give 
plenty of water, less after budding, ceasing entirely after blooming. 
They can be left in the ground. 
Bropi#aAs. ‘Thrive under the same treatment as Calochortus, 
but do better still in a rich, loose soil, of about one-third chip 
mold, one-third sand, and one-third clay loam. 
ERYTHRONIUMS. Need a rich soil of mold and clay or sand. 
Thrifty in sunny locations, but flowers are much finer if grown in 
the shade. 
CAMmAssIAS. Loose sandy loam and abundance of water, 
otherwise as calochortus. 
FRITILLARIAS. Half shade, loose, rich soil and good drainage. 
Loam and leaf mold are best. 
Linies. L. Humboldtii, L. Washingtonianum and LL. ru- 
bescens, eight inches deep, in shade, with good drainage. Give 
L. Humboldtii clayey loam, L. rubescens gritty soil and leaf mold, 
L. Washingtonianum sandy loam and mold. 
lL. pardalinum, L. parvum, lL. Parryiand IL. marit#mum are 
bog lilies. Their very best condition of growth is when they can 
be planted in rich sandy loam or muck, so that the bulb is in 
drained soil and the roots can run dawn a few inches to water, 
as on the banks of streams, around springs or on the hummocks 
inaswamp. For garden purposes a sandy loam, with a good ad- 
mixture of leaf mold or bog is good. Plant five or six inches 
deep und give shade and abundant moisture. 
Clintonia Andrewsiana; Scoliopus Bigelovii and Trillium 
ovatum are natural to cool, shaded woods, with rich, well-drained 
soil and abundant moisture. ‘Trillium sessile is a bog plant. 
Shade, mold and abundant moisture are its requisites. 
Chlorogalum needs gravelly soil and sunlight. 
