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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1906 



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Fifty-two Lily Blossoms from a 

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THE bulb of an auratum lily was given to 

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 a Japanese water-lily which should be grown 

 in the house in a bowl of water. 



Following these directions, I put the bulb 

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It was put in the ground very much as one 

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A gold-banded lily of Japan (Lilium auraium) that 

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peared on which one bud developed. When 

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