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Lilies were the easiest of general culture, and secondly 

 in what circumstances various other Lilies might be 

 considered successful in different parts of the United 

 Kingdom. The result of these inquiries is herewith 

 published, with acknowledgments to those who so 

 readily and courteously complied with the request. 



Acknowledgments are also due to Mr. W. Robinson 

 for permission to make reproductions of Lily portraits 

 from some of the former Garden plates ; to several 

 friends of The Garden, especially to Miss Willmott, 

 Mr. G. F. Wilson, and Messrs. Wallace of Colchester, 

 for photographs of Lilies, and to Mr. E. T. Cook, 

 joint-editor of The Garden, for much helpful advice 

 and assistance. 



It must be understood that this is merely an 

 amateur's handbook ; a simple guide to those who 

 wish to grow Lilies in English gardens. Several 

 Lilies known to exist are not named in it, either 

 because they are of secondary importance in our 

 gardens or because they are scarce or tender or little 

 known. They concern the botanist, whose business 

 it is to know and to classify everything ; they scarcely 

 concern the gardener whose interest it is to know 

 what Lilies will best grace his garden. 



The Lilies named are (with grateful acknowledg- 

 ment to the work of that eminent botanist) arranged 

 according to the classification of Mr. J. G. Baker, so 

 long Keeper of the Herbarium and Library of the 

 Royal Gardens at Kew. 



