212 
themselves Ts Lilies on two continents 
онак nds of miles ара 
The plant of "this Lily (illustrated in Fig. 99) 
has an intérestir ng history, ior it is Шо; child 
of a plant that was growing on the hills near 
Sapporo ten = ie ago, $ all the write; 
knows, may be there now. /alking over the 
hills one day, Prof. Bayley Balfour espie = the 
ripe capsul of a Lily sane ng here and 
there through the coa 7 
an 
gras ever 
mindful of friends at ead оп у sent а 
ps to x 
nptl 
capsule the writer. In due season a өши 
crop of bulbs resulted, and from опе ese, 
the subject of the photograph prings pese by 
year with a'regularity so unfaili ing as to touch 
us more than sentimenta] interes 
n these d ys s of generous givere, 
realise how large part the p 
eographic Ат associations p ani ay 
eur's e — ation of ther i 
possess. and is or 
with them, would be rs 
m human did he 
not derive added joy from the cont plation of 
those whose presence conjures up memories of 
men a s here can be f 
As ually grown in this country L. cana- 
dense ram a ‘Lily of moderate stature a one 
too floriferous.” But in sy mpathetic hands it is 
capable of great things, ay seen by re- 
ference to Alio picture (Fig. 100) Mv. Malby 
has made of the well- balanced head of a fine 
specimen крш in Colonel Hugh Warrender's 
garden at Eastc 
L. canadense i 
adm a plant of аз growth in 
t after producing a flowering 
away. Before its dissolu- 
th 
"e: in c 
ОУ stage. е гос 
peated a а сабаа. and as each rhizome 
a few inches long we fir ай. е Lily appearing 
a fresh 
place year by y 
This wandering habit is pur an uncommon 
feature in American species. I character 
istic, for instance, of L, pardalinum. but in the 
case of this species the direction of travel of the 
rhizome is not as a rule ipd: or less’ straight 
n L. canadense ji 
ndid 
раан m poll t L. tes 
while ets with a ла ЖЕ sure of 
пеат the e Dx is b mea: cer- 
е 
candidum very 
ble of carrying 
pleasurable surprise to 
wes af this — in fruit 
in Mr Bowles’ garden last av tumn. The bulbs 
from which the plants were had come 
+ 
in s numbers о North a 
Southern France and Belgiu 
During the year the trumpet Lily raised from 
seed collected by Mr. Farrer in Kansu in 1914 
has r уз к; and, judging re the 
ecimens i г. Bowles’ garden, i fine 
ant. This. Lily к a remarkable тезеш- 
ern Chines 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. | 
арсы ов, often дрон їп W. China but not 
There are, however, bo- 
Those who have seriously taken in hind the 
cultivation of Lilies are aware that many bulbs 
cause alone greater than fr all the rest 
at together. No bulb is safe, and in casting 
about for s explanation one is led to the con 
clusion that it be found in the fact that 
may 
bulbs of Lilium are more edible, or at any rate 
more to the taste of the scavengers of the 
Fie, 100.—rivTuw 
WARRENDER’S GARDEN AT HIGH GROVE, 
CANADENSE IN COLONEL 
under-world than those of Narcissus, Tulip, 
ie diolus, iw Iris, Crocus, and the zest, 
one of which suffers t any ything like the 
te 
Hitherto it has been impossible to deal with 
the nuisance if only because [е mischief is 
seldom appa m. until it has been done, and 
à there has been 
2 
also because een no practical remedy 
From xax ol riter has made in 
tentative fashion ri the pa year 
ttac of subterranean р 
juring the bulbs on which oe е; 
- ast it 
Seld. Sein ren- 
der increasingly intai e 
a DR. Жакасын between 
ith 
о 
Е ritillaria and 
Liliu um, and wit 
material crowding in, it is 
erus 3, ime. 
inevitable that sooner or 
een diss ssor Bayley Balfour in an 
enumeration of МД aris*—hit hert Е 
ty genus intermediate 
Fritillaria—and а cons ideration of 
ай the ge 
4 
position 
nus in regard t 
ach of the other 
Vice ugh the kindness of Mr. 
Lilium nes ted 
1918 hav 
include species no 
By the death in 1918 "M. Maurice de Vil- 
morin, ama Mot growers of Lilie me lost a 
Elwes, seeds of 
u 
pie 
"B 
ds 
and shrubs, M. de ciation with the 
missionaries and Meer end се — to all 
parts of the globe led from time to time to his 
receiving seed 
as far back as th 
c 
L. posee cli and not 
cultivation pes ywhere else 
As is the with so many plant lovers, M. 
systematically in 
o of any Lilium seed that came into 
piy "hands His generosity lost quee of " 
association 
from 
йу as it ene yn 
The illustrations of the bu 
folium and L. medeolo Mem (Figs. do, E) are 
Araha from Note vebi by 
Wallace. A. Grove, Apri 
A METHOD OF GROWING SMALL 
MELONS WITH VERY LITTLE HEAT. 
The following notes are only for those who 
wish to try to grow Melons in a small way. 
i р 
ts 
ipl to grow small la n pots, 
el th ulle: t 
А utilise a limit d Sup e to ef st extent, 
Wi Шз a касс. house and plenty of heat Ade 
ourse several fruits may К 
ЗА сы оп” mt at, but the method to к 
described has certain advantages for be sma 
` only 
wer. The loss or failure оЇ опе plan 
ate the loss of one fruit. Perfec E 5 traits 
weighing about 14 lb. may be expected ; 
Mis ari equally well with Sutton s Supe. 
lative and Ringleader, but the latter canendo 
be the more vigorous an ardy, an 8 
green fleshed the fruits keap a fine flayour. ; 
һе oi тоа grs orc e my X 
long one sid lv 
perforated at top end ottom zm ort 
air to t : Stove, gives access nside 
h 
The- third week d n Apr 
in fibre or p e 
hot water cistern, and sow ано ые Pak 
for some failures in germination. Beep 
Trans. and Proc, of the Bot. 
Pii of сепа Мои To. xxvii, part iii. 
