tongue-twisting names, but they even overdo it. 

 And their fragrance! It's like I hope to smell in 

 Paradise. 



There is the Brownii, a Japanese lily which is 

 much like the Bermuda lily of Easter fame only it 

 has an under side of petal which looks like a brown 

 suede glove. Other Nippon wonders are the Henryi 

 which has rare orange-colored blossoms (which is, 

 sad to say, $1.10 a bulb, but it's worth it), and 

 the Leichtlini Red, an orange red with crimson 

 spots. 



The speciosum Melpomene is particularly lovely, 

 but unlike the proud auratums it hangs its head most 

 demurely, and you have to lie on the ground to look 

 up into its face. 



The dear old-fashioned candidum, the Madonna 

 or Annunciation lily, is one of my prime favorites. 



The fine old tiger lily, with its honest freckled 

 face, must not be forgotten. It is known to the 

 growers as tigrinum svmplex but it is the same reli- 

 able lily in spite of its alias. 



By saving all those black peas which appear along 

 the flower stem above ground, and planting them in 

 a spot well marked so you won't forget and dig them 

 up by mistake as I once did, you will after three 



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