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tiger lily {L. tigrinum) and the bulb-bearing 

 lily (L. hulbiferum) as well. For purity the 

 madonna lily stands alone, though L. Martagon 

 album is very fine for a less chaste white, while 

 for color the Nankeen, speciosum, gold-banded, 

 Martagon, Hanson's, Henry's, turban and all 

 of the hardier erect lilies, are always very 

 useful. 



The rnQsiUbeaiitifuL-^forioaLjeiiiplaynieiit-of 

 lili.ea. is .ta.Jine.-a -patfa7'on-T)nff" or 'both sides. 

 Fi)x such planting^joptiiing is better than the 

 madonna lily, in a solid phalanx of purity. 

 Where a pergola is not densely shaded from 

 above, the path may be lined on either side with 

 this lily; that has been done, with most en- 

 chanting effect. The soft apricot Nankeen lily 

 lends itself to the same purpose. A path in 

 sparse woodland, or through -shrubbery, may 

 be lined with either Brown's or the speciosum 

 lily, or L. longifloriim if more pains be taken, 

 but in this case tbe planting must be thinner 

 ancL_altogether- irregular. There these lilies 

 will incline gracefully toward the path, instead 

 of assuming the erectness that they have in the 

 open garden. 



One lUy leaf, at least, may be taken from the 

 cottage gardens. In them a self-arranged 



