many tenuifoliums. They bloom in late June and 

 July S& S& 



^ Another brilliantly colored lily, one that is not 

 valued as it should be is Lilium tigrinum splen- 

 dens. I see a great planting of these superb lilies 

 now as I write 53 They are arre^ingly brilliant 

 away in the di^ance among groups of tall, pure 

 white phlox, with waves and ripples of such gaily 

 colored California poppies as Golden West, The 

 Geisha, Mandarin and Pure White. For twelve 

 years this planting has been there. Nothing 

 has ever been done to it except thinning out, 

 and it is this necessary thinning that is responsi- 

 ble for the suggestion of immensity of this vi^a 

 planting, in-as-much as all the plants removed in 

 thinning out have been added to the original 

 planting extending it until now it is hundreds of 

 feet long. Its background is of tall evergreen and 

 deciduous trees, which at the same time form the 

 boundary line of the estate 33 The white phlox 

 F. G. von Lassburg (a superb phlox) , the vivid 

 orange-red lilies (five feet high) and the brightly 

 colored California poppies are all permanent, 

 although the California poppies are annuals. 

 They self-sow and are therefore ju^ as dependable 



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