TEN] AMONG THE FLOWERS 
ally if they know what to do with them. The Ma- 
donna or Candidum lily, the old-fashioned Tiger, 
and the Lancifolium are most satisfactory, most 
hardy, and multiply most rapidly. The Madonna 
and the Japanese lancifolium should be grown in 
the same bed, for succession, the first beginning to 
open in early July, and the latter about the middle 
of August. No language can describe the glory of 
these lilies. ‘They need only good garden soil, and 
there must be no manure near the roots. Much 
mischief is done by getting manure in contact with 
the bulbs. I have had nine hundred Madonna 
blooms in a single bed of a dozen feet in diameter; 
the fragrance, pure, strong, and wholesome, filled 
my garden and shrubbery. I do not know of any- 
thing more perfect than a stalk of lilies three or 
four feet tall, and crowned with five to eight blos- 
soms, each six inches across, and waving perfume 
like a censer. 
The Japan lancifoliums are glorious in all ways, 
and are so easily grown that, like the Madonna, 
you can plant them anywhere. As the bulbs mul- 
tiply rapidly, it is well to plan for them along your 
grape rows in the vineyard, setting them where the 
plow and cultivator will not reach them. Next to 
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