OSAXGE LILY. ' 



employment in promotiiiii ;i grand bloom of An riihiiii will 

 often aecount for the perishing' of the bullis when the 

 l.iloom is past. 



Lilies are often Jeseribed as needing an aljundanee (if 

 water. As regards those planted out in a deep fertile soil, 

 our opinion is that they do not want any. We have offer, 

 felt perfeelly satisfied that if we eould sereen our lily beds 

 from rain, and eomiiel the sun lo .shine upon them irom 

 i\lay to August, we should have ydorious bloom above and 

 a great inerease of bulbs below, and, beyond all doubt, 

 hot dry summers bring the garden lilies to their highest 

 perfection. 



The inexperienced amateur is likely to make a fatal 

 mistake m his lirst venture in lily culture by planting at 

 the wrong season. All beginners have an idea that the 

 spring is the projier season for every kind of garden work, 

 including the planting of lilies. The '^projier" time to 

 jjlant them is as soon as possible after they have Howered. 

 As a rule, therefore, lilies should be planted from July 

 to October, and in every ease it would be well to do the 

 work directly the last of the ilowers falls from the stem. 

 The florists do their best to keep lily bulbs fresh and 

 ])lump through the winter for the late-coming customers, 

 but Nature does not alter her ways to accommodate our 

 mistakes. She simply makes us jiay for tliem; and if 

 we will walk in the wrong way, the path before us is soon 

 found to lie strewn with stnmbling-ljlocks, luit the right 

 way is always easy and pleasant. 



The following are the most useful of the cheaper kinds 

 of garden lilies : — Ijillinii, bulhifenim, a stout hardy kind, 

 producing brilliant orange-coloured flowers ; it will grow 

 almost anywhere, but the best soil for it is a sandy loam. 



