xvi AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS | May, 1911. 
them in the open sun, although they do 
well with a south and east or a south and 
west exposure, 
Next to candidum, among white lil- 
ies, stands L. speciosum album. It 
blooms in August, not long after can- 
didum, ir: the cooler states. Each petal 
of this lovely lily has a pale green band 
through its center and the growth of 
the plant is much more free, but less digni- 
fied, than L. candidum. All the specio- 
sums are thrifty and hardy with protec- 
tion. They can stand open planting 
when near large bodies of water, but in 
inland gardens do better in the shade of 
Y C h Pee trees. Care must be taken, when 
planting here, that the lilies are not 
Our OWT?) ottage at the robbed of food by the trees. 
L. longiflorum, though oftenest seen in 
Seaside Or Mou ntains the hothouse, can be grown in the garden 
| 1f well protected in winter. Its long, 
HE matter of expense need not stand in the waxen trumpets are just as wonderful 
way of your having a real vacation in the hills under a June moon as on Easter morning 
or at the seashore. Hodgson Cottages solve —and I have known bulbs to bloom at 
the problem. If you do not know all about how we Faster and again, after a rest, in June. 
have combined home comfort and attractiveness with The old European Turk’s cap lily has 
true economy in produced a white variety, L. Martagon 
album, having the same cluster of small 
Hi O D ‘Ge S O N lilies as its purple parent; and while we 
welcome this newcomer as being hardy 
Portable Houses and thrifty, and pretty, its white is far 
wo from being the glistening waxen thing 
it will be worth your while to look over our beautiful 1911 catalog. : it Al rag Tae Ib 
We haye widened out in our twelve years of portable cottage we Ca lly white. - tb artagon album 
building. You will be sure to find something in the long line of 1s grown more extensively In England 
Hodgson Portable Cottages, Lodges, Bungalows, Retreats and than here and few dealers catalogue rite, 
Seaside and Mountain “Summer Homes,” that will meet your Of lilies white with pink or crimson, 
“quirements Tell-designed Porches, Verandas, § -arlors, ° 3 
ae Cores. piles herein Bea pace) L. speciosum rubrum is undoubtedly the 
Garages for one or more cars—all of substantial character. best for American gardens. Its flowers 
We build to withstand the severest storms. We will be glad are large, the recurved petals painted 
to mail you catalog on request. with rich crimson and with spots of 
E.F. HODGSON CO.. — 121 Adams Square, Boston, Mass. darker shade. It blooms ued aaa 
after speciosum album, usually early in 
September. The variety roseum is often 
confounded, by dealers, with rubrum, the 
only difference being roseum’s lighter 
tint of red. Speciosum punctatum is 
white, not stained at all, but with dis- 
tinct rose-colored dots on each snowy 
petal. And from Massachusetts, not so 
long ago, came the glorious speciosum 
Melpomene. This is a rich ruby-red lily 
with spots of darkest garnet. It is some- 
times sold as speciosum magnificum. All 
the speciosums are valuable lilies, will- 
ing to grow and bloom if they have half 
a chance. If trees are not available as 
shade for them, an eastern exposure, in 
front of shrubs or a wall, is next choice. 
L. Washingtonianum is a California 
lily. In that state it grows as high as 
five feet, and bears twenty very fragrant 
white blossoms with reddish-pink stain- 
ing and fine purple dots. Then it must 
be a beauty, indeed. But it is not easy 
to grow in the East, and is usually about 
two feet high, with from three to eight 
blooms. It needs more petting than most 
gardeners are willing to give. 
It is a great pity that the glorious 
gold-banded L. auratum develops a fun- 
goid disease of the bulbs in America, and 
it disappears completely after a year or 
two in our gardens. It has one of the 
largest of lily blooms and carries its 
flowers so as to show their fullest beauty. 
Nothing could be finer than these great 
open gold-banded, crimson-dotted lilies with 
their heavy Oriental scent. When a 
dozen of these bulbs of che largest size 
cost but two dollars and fifty cents, it 
scarcely seems possible that the first one 
brought to this country was sold for 
ninety dollars. At their present price all 
lily gardens may have a few of the 
queenly auratums, even though they 
need renewing often. Plant them with 
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