^ It has been my experience that Hly bulbs do not 

 " disappear " (which is the plaint of so many 

 gardeners) if this little extra precaution and care 

 is given when they are planted — that is the good 

 rich soil, the sand and the sulphur. 

 ^ Ju^ as soon as you receive your bulbs they should 

 be planted to prevent them from withering. It 

 sometimes happens they arrive withered, if they 

 do, bury them in damp sand in a cool place, letting 

 them remain there for three or four days when 

 you will find they have plumped out and become 

 crisp and firm again. Then they should be put 

 right into their permanent places. 

 ^The Longiflorums may be planted up to late 

 November, or even early December if the soil is not 

 allowed to freeze, and you can prevent its freezing 

 by a surface mulch of old manure not less than six 

 inches deep, which may be laid on again, or part of 

 it, after the bulbs are planted, there to remain until 

 its removal in early Spring. 



^ A friend in Japan promised to obtain for me the 

 method employed by the Japanese in growing 

 their lilies. I waited in vain for the information, 

 when much to my surprise I recently received a 

 letter direct from a Japanese grower. I am almost 

 tempted to print it, but his English is so extra- 

 ordinary — very much like the interesting wording 

 to be found on an English tombstone 



" He shall not return to we 

 But us do hope to go to he " 



that I think perhaps I had better give you a 

 " translation " of it. After disconnecting and 



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