146 FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. 
any except enlightened enthusiasts, and amongst those the 
best chance of success will be by fate allotted to such as 
have the longest purses. It was the way of Auratum, the 
golden-rayed lily of Japan, when the bulbs were worth from 
one to five guineas each, to die ignominiously instead of 
gladdening with its magnificent flowers the devotee who 
had bled for it. Now that it is cheap it lives, and the reason 
is that we have learned to manage it both as to the buying 
and the planting ; for lilies have soft bulbs, and if exposed 
to the exhaustive action of the air for any length of time 
are apt to resent the ill-treatment by shufiling off their 
mortal coil. 
Certain of the lilies are not only deserving of a place, 
but are very much to be desired in every garden. The best 
for the borders and shrubberies are the Common White 
(L. candidum), the Orange (L. budbiferum), the Canadian 
(L. Canadense), the Scarlet Martagon (L. chalcedonicum), 
the Turk’s-cap (LZ. martagon), the Tiger (ZL. tegrinum), the 
Turban, or Yellow Martagon (L. pomponium), here figured, 
and Thunberg’s (L. Thunbergianum). All these thrive in good 
loamy soil; they are rather injured than benefited by the 
addition to the soil of strong manures, but rotted turf and 
leaf mould are of great service when added to a loamy 
staple, when the beds are prepared for them. 
The sorts that thrive best in peat, and, therefore, 
are admirably adapted for planting in the front of rhodo- 
dendron beds, are the Golden-rayed (1. auratum), the 
Carolina (LZ. Curolinianum), the Japan (1. Japonicum), the 
American L. superbum), the Spotted (ZL. speciosum), and 
the Long-flowered (LZ. dongiflorum). These constitute a 
fine collection, and all are hardy enough for open ground 
cultivation in the warmer parts of the British Isles, 
