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most magnificent varieties in cultivation, and has clone more to 

 popularise Lily -grooving, and create an enthusiasm for these flowers 

 than all that has CA'er been written or said on tlieii^ behalf. It was 

 only necessarj^ to look upon the beauty and enjoy the fragrance of 

 this golden-rayed visitor from Japan, where it is held in high 

 honour, to be smitten with tlie Lily fcA'er. Another source of the 

 captivating power of this Lily lies in its endless sports and develop- 

 ments into new forms. These are distinct and permanent, so that 

 the growers of a goodly number of L, auratum may be said to grow 

 a considerable collection of distinct sub-species and varieties, all 

 sprmging from this one glorious parent. 



The Longifiorinn Lilies, also, cannot be excelled. Theii' immense 

 trumpet blooms of snow-like pmity and delicious fragrance are 

 only equalled as types of massive and graceful beauty by the 

 Amazonian Lily [Eii<:liari^). and higher praise it is impossible to 

 give them. 



L. giganteum. a giant Indian species, with large heads of 

 magnificent flowers of a fine white striped reddish violet at the 

 base, and of the most powerful fragrance, is nearly hardy, requh--- 

 ing a shaded situation and only slight protection for the young 

 gTOwth against frosts and winds in sprmg. The large, beautiful, 

 and persistent foliage of this superb Lily entitles it to a first place 

 as an ornamental plant, and amply repays for delay in coming to 

 a flowering state. 



Dr. Wallace, a great authority on Lilies, divides the soil for 

 Lilies into light, heavy, and peaty. Those, he says, which do best 

 on peaty soils are the Umbellatum section, including Bulbiferiun, 

 Croceum, DaAniricum, and tlieir varieties ; Concolor, Thimber- 

 gianmn, and their varieties ; Candidum, Longiflorum, Chalcedoni- 

 cum, Pj^renaicimi, and the Speciosum grotip. Those that succeed 

 best on hea^^' soils are the Martagons, Aurattnns, and Tigers ; and 

 to these may be added Giganteum, Brownii, Krameri, Szovitzianimi, 

 Washmgtonianum, Humboldtii, and Testaceum. Those that thrive 

 on moist peaty soil are Catesbiei, Philadelphicum, the Canadian 

 group, Pardalinum, Pardum, Tenuifolia, and Leichtlinii. It has, 

 however, been found that L. aiiratuin does remarkably well planted 

 in beds of pure peat between Rhododendrons and other American 

 plants. 



Lilies are beautiful mixed border subjects, the taller species 

 being fine background plants, and the dwarfer ones are equally 

 telling and desirable in mixed arrangements. The strong gTowers 

 are also beautiful objects when planted amongst dwarf shi^ubs in 

 such a way that tlieir inflorescence may be seen overtopping the 



