each ten-inch pot. The soil was rich, with an 

 inch of pulverized sheep fertilizer and a dusting 

 of Scotch soot on the surface, which acted as a 

 mulch. It is useless to attempt growing these pic- 

 turesque and uncommon Lilies-of-the-Nile in the 

 open ground, but you can grow them there if after 

 they are started, the pots are plunged in the bed 

 or border. They were very beautiful on the ter- 

 race and on the different levels leading down to 

 a pool, and lower terrace. They are not difficult 

 to grow. Anyone who has ever grown a root or 

 bulb or tuber can grow the Blue Lily-of-the-Nile. 



I saw several thousand pearly Tuberoses 

 growing through dwarf blue Delphinium Chinen- 

 sis, the bed bordered with Ageratum Little Blue 

 Star and as it grows but five inches high, in a com- 

 pact, rather solid planting, nothing is better for 

 an enduring fine blue finishing line. 



I saw a huge rock in the distance. At its base 

 Turks Cap lilies were massed, but well spaced 



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