grow. All it needs is ju^ the usual garden condi- 

 tions, which please it well. I take it for granted 

 that in all gardens now the "usual conditions" 

 are good. Don't let us even think of bad garden 

 conditions any more. 



^Some lilies, you know, have two sets of roots but 

 the Martagon is not of the bulb and stem-root 

 sort. It has only one set of roots and they are at the 

 base of the bulb which should be planted but four 

 inches deep in good soil. They may be planted in 

 the Autumn or even as late as December provid- 

 ed, of course, the ground has been kept from 

 freezing. 



^ 1 can't say as much for the delicacy of perfume of 

 the Martagon Lily Album as 1 did of the Longi- 

 florum because Martagon's fragrance is overpow- 

 ering indoors, although on the terrace, veranda 

 or loggia it is delightful. 



^Notwithstanding this, it is so exquisite that 

 even grown only for the open garden it is invalua- 

 ble 5S I do not want to speak slightingly of the 

 wine-red variety called Martagon Dalmaticum 

 with its immense number of flowers on each stalk, 

 sometimes as many as thirty and even more. There 

 was a time when 1 thought it a handsome specimen. 

 As 1 recall it, it was when surrounded with pink 

 Lavatera that carried in its deep pink blossoms 

 something of the wine-red of the lily. Perhaps it 

 was a harmonious contrast I admired. It mu^t 

 have been, for it has always seemed strange to me 

 that 1 have never cared for them as much again, 

 not even in a garden where every hardy lily obtain- 



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