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each hole, where it is intended to replant, a shovelful of 

 rotten dung, and plant three strong roots in each clump. 

 They should not be kept any time out of ground ; they 

 will flower the year after, and much better the year after 

 that. The small offsets can be planted in a nursery bed 

 of the same rich earth, and in two years or so they too 

 will be fit for planting in the garden. 



The Martagon Lily, or Turk's Cap, may be treated like 

 the white lily, only mix sand with the soil in which it is 

 planted. 



Those vv^U-known lilies, the Tiger Lily and Orange 

 Lily {JLilium tigriraini and Lilium aurantium), make 

 handsome showy clumps in the flower garden, producing 

 abundance of flowers respectively in August and Sep- 

 tember, and May and June. These may be planted in 

 the same way as the white lily, but when the flower 

 stems grow up they throw out rootlets round the bottom ; 

 to strengthen the flowering, these should be encouraged 

 by throwing a few little lumps of manure round the 

 stems for them to take hold of. These lilies increase 

 abundantly by the formation of tiny bulbs at the axils of 

 the leaves on the flower stems. When these fall with 

 a touch, plant them, six inches apart, in a bed of light 

 earth, richly manured. In two or three years plant 

 them out again, double the distance apart, and in tw^o 

 years niore they will be fine bulbs. 



The magnificent Lilium lancifolium in its few beautiful 

 varieties, should be a matter for investment, in the 

 necessary number of shillings for the purchase of the 

 roots, and in the necessary care for its not difficult culti- 

 vation, for every one who really loves splendid flowers — 

 and who does not ? There are the white, the red, and 

 the golden. The last is of comparatively recent intro- 

 duction ; in addition to the rich crimson spots on its 

 delicate white petals, it has a beautifully shaded, bright 

 gold band down each, and it is magnificent alike in the 

 size of the flower, and in the size of the spray, as the 

 bulb reaches maturity. These roots make beautiful 

 greenhouse plants, and they will do in the open ground 

 in the southern parts of England. For pot culture, 



