LILIES 



grows to a height of eight feet, therefore is well 

 adapted to prominent positions in the border. 



While the Lily of the Valley is, strictly speak- 

 ing, not a Lily, it deserves mention here. It is 

 one of the most beautiful flowers we grow, of 

 the purest white, and with the most delightful 

 fragrance, and foliage that admirably sets off 

 the exquisite loveliness of its flowers. No gar- 

 den that " lives up to its privileges " will be 

 without it. It does best in a shady place. Almost 

 any soil seems to suit it. It is very hardy. It 

 spreads rapidly, sending up a flower-stalk from 

 every " pip." When the ground becomes com- 

 pletely matted with it, it is well to go over the 

 bed and cut out portions here and there. The 

 roots thus cut away can be broken apart and 

 used in the formation of new beds, of which there 

 can hardly be too many. The roots of the old 

 plants will soon fill the places from which these 

 were taken, and the old bed will be all the better 

 for its thinning-out. Coming so early in spring, 

 we appreciate this most beautiful plant more 

 than we do any flower of the later season. And 

 no flower of any time can excel it in daintiness, 

 purity, and sweetness. 



