certain of having these seeds to start during the Summer, as pre- 

 vious experience has taught me that the new and desirable varie- 

 ties I speak of are soon out of stock, which is not only a source 

 of disappointment to you, but annoying to me to know how limited 

 a quantity of the newer varieties is available. 



Perhaps there may be some Amateurs who are not quite 

 familiar with the very simple method of raising delphiniums from 

 seed, so in the coming Number of Our Garden Journal I Avill 

 give in detail the correct and easiest method of their propagation 

 from seed. 



For garden accentuations, and for the embellishment of the 

 pool and water-garden, you cannot grow too many Blue Lilies of 

 the Nile. We must not forget the golden Oalla Lily. Assemble 

 them with the White Lily of the Nile, ferms and Cimicifuga sim- 

 plex in a group or groups near the fountain or water's edge. I do 

 not exaggerate when I say they are the very essence of charm. 

 The pots of the White Lilies of the Nile and the Golden Callas 

 can be plunged into the soil and yet have all the appearance of a 

 permanency there. All that is necessary is to sink the pots an 

 inch below the surface soil. A single tuber of the White Lily of 

 the Nile or the Golden Calla in pots five inches in diameter will 

 thrive and bloom delightfully, and since we may have the pots 

 plunged in any particular spot we desire, the advantage of "plung- 

 ing" must be apparent. 



Good rich soil, in which a little bone meal has been mixed, is 

 all that is needed. Place the oval tips of the tubers slightly above 

 the level of the soil in the pots, and the level of the soil, by the 

 way, mustjiever be nearer the top of the pot than an inch, so as 

 to allow for the water, that is so very necessary for their success- 

 ful culture. I ask you to grow as many of them as you possibly 

 can. Yes, the tubers will last indefinitely, that is, providing you 

 will give them the same simple care required for gladioli corms 

 or dahlia tubers. 



Our dear little Fairy Lilies, the pink and white ones — we 

 must not forget them. They will be a-flower all Sumi^ier- and 

 Autumn if their faded flowers are kept cut away. These tireless 



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