feet tall, and have the whitest trumpets imaginable.and bear 

 such a striking resemblance to the Madonna lilies that but 

 for the facft they are smaller, one might confuse them. 

 ^ The Anthericum or St. Bruno is not a bulb lily, but 

 grows from a root which is amenable to numerous divisions 

 with which to increase one's collecftion of them by division 

 in the Autumn, ju^t as phlox and peony roots are divided. 

 Spring planted the St. Bruno will bloom sometime in June 

 and you will enjoy no cutting flower more, I promise you 3S 

 ^ They seem so happy when grown in the perennial garden, 

 near canterbury bells, pale blue delphiniums and pink China 

 roses (Hermosa). They do not " disappear." Far from it, 

 they increase rapidly, for as I said the root clump may be 

 divided every Autumn. If you will take a little extra trouble 

 and feed them a little more than you do other lilies and her- 

 baceous things they will respond surprisingly by developing 

 into enormous clumps that may be divided each year until 

 you have as great a number as you desire. It is simply a matter 

 of food and a division of the great roots. 

 ^ Perhaps I should explain what I mean by extra feeding. 

 I would give them a trowelful of bone-meal spread over an 

 area of about six square feet, and well worked into the soil, 

 twice a month until their blooming season has passed 33 5S 

 Masses of St. Brunos in waves and ripples bordering a 

 rhododendron planting, the lilies in turn bordered with 

 pansies are charming. 



^ The foliage is narrow and graceful resembling somewhat 

 the spears of the yellow day lily. A few of the plants may be 

 allowed to produce seed, which if planted ju^ as soon as they 

 are ripe, will proceed to germinate quickly producing ^rong 

 little plants by late Autumn. These young plants should be 



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