46 LILIES 



scarlet Mart agon lily in cottage gardens is the 

 fact that usually they are let alone for years 

 at a time. These resent disturbance. The 

 same thing is true of most of the Martagon 

 group, including L, pardalinum. 



A surface mulch of manure is good for 

 lilies and the ground should have a winter cov- 

 ering of either this or leaves, unless it is 

 well blanketed with an evergreen herbaceous 

 plant. Very frequently lilies perish because 

 they have insufficient winter protection in ex- 

 posed places. 



