174. MAKING OF A FLOWER GARDEN 



at which the bulbs should be lifted and reset. They 

 do not feel the change then and have time to make 

 this fall growth in the new situation. 



In planting the candidum lilies the bulb should 

 be placed but an inch or two below the surface, as 

 this lily differs materially in this respect from other 

 lilies, which, with hardly an exception, require deep 

 planting. • Like all lilies, a situation which affords 

 protection from hot sun in summer and still affords 

 sufficient sunshine, is necessary for best results; for 

 this reason lilies do best when planted among the 

 shrubbery or the plants of the hardy border. A 

 mulch of lawn clippings during the hot, dry weather 

 of summer, drawn well up about the stems of the 

 plant, is beneficial. Anything which prevents the 

 earth becoming hot and baked will make for the well- 

 fare of the bulb. 



The most important lily after the candidum, and 

 far excelling it in beauty, is the stately auratum. 

 This is, of all lilies, the finest and most satisfactory. 

 It should be planted by the dozen and if the length 

 of the purse permits, by the hundred. Plant in well 

 drained soil, for water about the bulbs is fatal to 

 all lilies, and set the bulbs nine inches deep in thor- 

 oughly dug and worked soil, well enriched with old, 

 well-decayed manure, but be careful that none of this 

 comes in contact with the bulb. A considerable hole 

 should be made in the mellow soil to the required 



