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could be expected. 

 As stated elsewhere, 

 the winter mulch has 

 been left on during 

 the summer, in order 

 to prevent the soil 

 from baking. Suc- 

 cess has also been 

 obtained with these 

 lilies in a plastic 

 clay fill, ameliorated 

 with hard-coal ashes 

 and rough organic 

 debris. 



SOIL FERTILITY. 



The production of 

 bnlbs of the Easter 

 lil}^ is on a par with 

 bulb production gen- 

 erally in so far as 

 fertilizer require- 

 ments are concerned. 

 The procedure is to 

 have well-fertilized 

 soil and crop it to 

 its limit. An}' one 

 familiar with the 

 root sj'^stem of a well- 

 developed Easter 

 lily bulb knows that 

 there is not much 

 left in ordinary soil 

 after a bulb has been 

 groAvn in each 6-inch 

 square. The plants 

 are gross feeders and 

 for good results nuist 

 be supplied with an 

 abundance of avail- 

 able plant food. A 

 good market gardener's application of fertilizer will answer verv 

 well. 



Fic. 1:2.- Till' uiuliTgrouiul parts nf an Easier lily plant at 

 digginu- tinii'. Tlio liult)let formation, it will lie soon. 

 is in the nppor 3 or 4 inches of soil. Photographed 

 irom a plant set very deep, as was considered neee.ssary 

 in northern climates when these investigations were 

 l)egnu. 



