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various colours, on a stern of from six inches to a foot 

 in height, and much in the character of Hyacinths. 

 The colours which are yellow, scartet, orange, green, 

 &c, are very pure and distinct. L. nervosa, L # 

 orchoides, L. punctata, and L. rubida, are all ex- 

 cellent species, and worthy of cultivation. They 

 may be planted from one two inches deep, in small 

 pots, in the Month of August and September, and 

 watered but sparingly until they begin to grow. 



Lil j um . — There are several plants unci ei this name, 

 of different genera, some of which are indigenous. 

 The Canada Lily, with yellow-spotted drooping 

 flowers, may be seen in wet meadows to wank the 

 last of June and early in July. The Philadelphia, 

 Lily blooms also in July ; its flowers are red. Th re 

 are some pure white, and others yellow, growing in 

 various parts of the country. Among the foreign 

 genera are several species. Of the Martaj ox 

 Turks '-cap Lilies, there are some beautiful 

 ties ; as the Caligula, which produces scarlet 

 and there is one called the Crown of Tunis, 

 colour; besides these, are the Double Violet ] 

 the White, the Orange, and the spotted : thes 

 hardy, and may be planted in various pari 

 garden, by taking out a square foot of earth, and 

 after manuring and pulverising it, the bulbs m 

 planted thereinbefore the setting in of winter, at < 

 rent depths, from two to four inches, according 

 size of the bulbs. Some of the Chinese varieties 

 very beautiful, as the Tiger, or Leopard Lily, and 1 

 Dwarf Red Lilium con colour ; there are others wii 



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