Grouping 
the Lily with 
other Plants 
dental references to this question will be found, but a few 
additional remarks may be appended. 
Nowhere does the Lily look so well as amid, and 
surrounded by, other vegetation, and that principally of a 
shrubby character. 
Planting among Rhododendrons has already been recom- 
mended, and it is well to remind the reader that these or other 
shrubs must not be too tall; it may even be necessary to cut 
down the Rhododendrons, or to remove them and plant smaller 
should they become too high for the Lilies. Some of the 
dwarfer species might well be used, and such dwarf growers 
as R. precox or R. kamtschaticum might be named as sug- 
gestive of the class most desirable. Heaths are also extremely 
suitable for all the peat-loving Lilies; while the hardy Azaleas 
are among the most excellent of all shrubs among which to 
plant these flowers. The shrubby Veronicas may also be 
suggested as capital shrubs for grouping with Liliums; and 
one very hardy Olearia, called nummularifolia, makes a close 
growth of evergreen foliage, and remains in a dwarf state 
for many years. One may give as an example of such 
planting as is here suggested, L. Hansoni among dwarf 
Azaleas, Veronicas, or Pernettyas kept low. Then cauratum is 
splendid when grouped with young plants of Aydrangea 
paniculata, 
As a further illustration of the value of careful study of 
the best effects, contrast the difference between a group of any, 
of the Lilies against a bare wall with the same with a wall 
covered with a dark green Ivy. Thus the noble Lilium 
giganteum is quite a different-looking plant with a background 
of Ivy from what it is against a bare wall, and the lovely 
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