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  New 
  York 
  City 
  

  

  Marginatum. 
  This 
  grows 
  about 
  three 
  feet 
  

   high, 
  has 
  large 
  grayish-green 
  leaves 
  bordered 
  

   with 
  snowy 
  white 
  and 
  the 
  entire 
  stem 
  and 
  un- 
  

   derside 
  of 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  

   purest 
  snow 
  white. 
  A 
  beautiful 
  plant 
  in 
  con- 
  

   trast 
  with 
  other 
  dark-foliaged 
  plants 
  either 
  

   carinas, 
  ricinus 
  or 
  caladiums. 
  It 
  is 
  easily 
  raised 
  

   from 
  seed 
  started 
  in 
  the 
  house 
  in 
  March. 
  The 
  

   seed 
  germinates 
  rather 
  slowly 
  and 
  the 
  young 
  

   plants 
  require 
  some 
  coddling, 
  but 
  once 
  estab- 
  

   lished 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  ground 
  require 
  little 
  care. 
  

  

  THE 
  HARDY 
  LILY 
  BED 
  

  

  By 
  Ida 
  D. 
  Bennett 
  

  

  FROM 
  June 
  till 
  October 
  the 
  lilies 
  blazen 
  

   and 
  bloom. 
  The 
  stately 
  white 
  Annun- 
  

   ciation 
  heads 
  the 
  procession 
  with 
  her 
  

   up-held 
  chalices 
  of 
  snowy 
  sweetness. 
  Easily 
  

   first 
  in 
  our 
  affections 
  as 
  she 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  floral 
  

   calendar 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  — 
  if 
  we 
  except 
  the 
  longi- 
  

   Horums, 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  common 
  enough 
  in 
  our 
  

   gardens 
  to 
  rival 
  the 
  lily 
  of 
  the 
  Annunciation, 
  

   and 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  until 
  the 
  sultry 
  days 
  of 
  August 
  

   that 
  any 
  great 
  activity 
  in 
  the 
  lily 
  kingdom 
  is 
  

   shown 
  ; 
  then, 
  indeed, 
  she 
  must 
  look 
  to 
  her 
  

   laurels, 
  for 
  now 
  the 
  gorgeous 
  Japs 
  are 
  in 
  

   evidence. 
  Roseum, 
  rubrum, 
  album, 
  Mel- 
  

   pomene, 
  all 
  in 
  robes 
  of 
  white, 
  sprinkled 
  with 
  

   rubies, 
  gold 
  dust 
  and 
  diamond 
  frost, 
  with 
  

   that 
  stateliest 
  of 
  all 
  lilies 
  — 
  auratum 
  — 
  stand- 
  

   ing 
  sentinel 
  over 
  all. 
  These 
  are 
  the 
  lilies 
  most 
  

   commonly 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  the 
  hardy 
  garden. 
  

  

  Less 
  frequently 
  met 
  with 
  are 
  the 
  Washing- 
  

   tonia, 
  gigantea, 
  and 
  the 
  famous 
  Burbank 
  

   lily 
  — 
  the 
  fragrance 
  of 
  a 
  bed 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  

   may 
  be 
  detected 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  ten 
  miles 
  ; 
  

   these 
  are 
  the 
  aristocrats 
  of 
  the 
  lily 
  kingdom, 
  

   and 
  yet 
  subservient 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  laws 
  that 
  gov- 
  

   ern 
  the 
  more 
  humble 
  subjects, 
  and 
  like 
  them 
  

   obliged 
  to 
  toil 
  — 
  despite 
  the 
  charge 
  — 
  "consider 
  

   the 
  lilies 
  of 
  the 
  field, 
  they 
  toil 
  not, 
  neither 
  do 
  

   they 
  spin" 
  — 
  in 
  their 
  laboratory 
  of 
  the 
  earth 
  to 
  

   transmute 
  its 
  elements 
  into 
  leaf 
  and 
  stem 
  and 
  

   blossom, 
  and 
  whether 
  the 
  lily 
  in 
  the 
  cultivated 
  

   garden 
  finds 
  these 
  elements 
  to 
  its 
  liking 
  de- 
  

   pends 
  upon 
  the 
  intelligent 
  forethought 
  of 
  the 
  

   gardener. 
  Growing 
  wild 
  on 
  its 
  native 
  Jap- 
  

   anese 
  hillside 
  the 
  lily 
  has 
  a 
  choice 
  of 
  soil 
  and 
  

   location 
  in 
  a 
  measure. 
  Transplanted 
  to 
  our 
  

   American 
  gardens 
  it 
  is 
  at 
  the 
  mercy 
  of 
  the 
  

   one 
  into 
  whose 
  hands 
  it 
  falls 
  and 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  

   accorded 
  generous 
  treatment. 
  

  

  While 
  any 
  good 
  garden 
  soil 
  properly 
  pre- 
  

   pared 
  will 
  grow 
  the 
  lily 
  it 
  would 
  seem 
  wise 
  to 
  

   approach 
  as 
  near 
  to 
  its 
  natural 
  environment 
  

   as 
  possible. 
  In 
  its 
  native 
  habitat 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  

   growing 
  wild 
  on 
  the 
  hillsides 
  where 
  the 
  roots 
  

   of 
  the 
  trees 
  form 
  a 
  network 
  through 
  the 
  

   ground 
  and 
  thus 
  insure 
  good 
  drainage. 
  Trav- 
  

   elers 
  in 
  Japan 
  say 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  dislodge 
  

   these 
  lilies 
  from 
  the 
  encircling 
  roots, 
  so 
  

   buried 
  are 
  they 
  in 
  them. 
  Then, 
  too, 
  the 
  fall- 
  

   ing 
  leaves 
  protect 
  the 
  lily 
  both 
  summer 
  and 
  

   winter, 
  forming 
  a 
  mulch 
  of 
  constantly 
  decay- 
  

   ing 
  leaves 
  that 
  protect 
  their 
  roots 
  while 
  the 
  

   trees 
  afford 
  shade 
  for 
  the 
  plants 
  while 
  in 
  

   bloom. 
  

  

  This 
  would 
  suggest 
  the 
  shrubbery 
  as 
  a 
  

   favorable 
  place 
  to 
  grow 
  lilies 
  and 
  the 
  proxim- 
  

   ity 
  of 
  tall 
  shrubs 
  and 
  small 
  trees 
  on 
  the 
  

   windward 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  lily 
  bed 
  cannot 
  but 
  be 
  

   an 
  advantage. 
  They 
  may 
  also 
  be 
  grown 
  

   among 
  the 
  peonies 
  with 
  good 
  success. 
  Any 
  

   good 
  garden 
  soil, 
  well 
  enriched 
  with 
  leaf 
  

   mold 
  and 
  old, 
  well-rotted 
  manure, 
  will 
  grow 
  

   the 
  lily 
  to 
  perfection 
  ; 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  dug 
  deep 
  

   and 
  well 
  incorporated, 
  and 
  good 
  drainage 
  

   provided 
  ; 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  any 
  reasonable 
  doubt 
  

   about 
  the 
  drainage 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  wise 
  to 
  dig 
  out 
  

   the 
  bed 
  to 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  two 
  feet 
  and 
  fill 
  in 
  a 
  

   few 
  inches 
  of 
  rough 
  gravel 
  and 
  broken 
  shards, 
  

   this 
  will 
  prevent 
  the 
  water 
  settling 
  around 
  

   the 
  bulbs 
  and 
  causing 
  decay. 
  

  

  The 
  lily 
  bulb 
  is 
  very 
  susceptible 
  to 
  decay 
  

   and 
  disease 
  and 
  precautionary 
  measures 
  are 
  

  

  