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then they will last many years. In the Tuileries gardens at Paris 

 they have a pretty plan of planting them round the standard rose- 

 trees, and supporting the flower-stems by tying them to the stems of 

 the rose-trees. 



In summer no plant adorns a garden more than the Lily. 



" Fairest flower, behold the lily, 

 Blooming in the sunny ray : 

 Let the blast sweep o'er the valley, 

 Sec it prostrate on the clay."— Burns. 



Lilies are too little cultivated, but Mr. Wilson, the chairman of 



the Fruit Committee of the Horticultural Society, who collects these 



Fig. 420.-L. lancifolium. Via. 421.-L. auratum 



Fic. 419. — Waite Lily. 



bulbs, has set an example which may lead to a more general culti- 

 vation of these elegant plants. How lovely is 

 the White Lily (Lilium candidnm, fig. 419) i" 

 June ! What a grand appearance the varieties L. 

 lancifolmm (fig. 420) and L. miratiim (fig. 421) 

 present in September! All of these, and many 

 other kinds, such as the L. Martagon, thrive in 

 the open borders. One lovely species, the L. 

 canadense flavum (fig. 422), I have figured from 

 Mr. Wilson's collection, as one of the garden 

 flowers of the future; but persons who have 

 been in Japan tell me that to view lilies in all 

 their glory they must be seen in that country. Many fine species 



Fig. 422. — Jj. canadense 

 llavum. 



