80 HOME AND GARDEN 



So among our popular Lily names we have Lily- 

 of- the- Valley {Convallaria), St. Bruno's Lily {Antheri- 

 cum), Arum Lily (Calla), African Lily (Agapanthus, 

 one of the grandest of tub plants) ; Cape Lily (Crinum), 

 splendid in its later developments ; Amazon Lily 

 {Eucharis). Then there is the beautiful Belladonna 

 Lily {Amaryllis), one of the noblest of pink-flowered 

 plants and very sweet of scent. This lovely Lily is 

 not often seen in gardens, but there is no diflficulty if 

 it is planted close to the outside of the south wall of 

 a plant-house where it may have the benefit of some 

 of the warmth of the pipes within. There is hardly a 

 garden I go round that does not neglect the oppor- 

 tunity of growing this grand thing. Scarborough 

 Lily is the common name of the beautiful Vallota. 

 Why this good plant is not so often grown as formerly 

 I am unable to understand, for in my young days there 

 was hardly a garden that had not some well-estab- 

 lished pots of it, whereas now, though one sees a plant 

 here and there, it is certainly much less frequent. 



The Lilies of France and the Lily of Florence are, 

 of course, Irises, and indeed the beauty of this wonder- 

 ful family entitles them to a place within the most 

 exclusive aristocracy of flowers. 



How well the Lily name of honour is deserved by 

 the white Water-Lily {Nymphcea alba), and its near rela- 

 tions the coloured Water- Lilies of other countries, and 

 the beautiful garden kinds that have been raised by 



