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pot slightly more than half full, and allow sufficient space for a 

 top dressing when the stems have made some considerable progress 

 and are beginning to emit stem roots, as well as the usual ultimate 

 space for water. 



Gladly would we omit any reference to diseases, but there are 

 some ills to which even a Lily is heir. Indeed, there are two diseases 

 that now and again attack Lilies, and it is better to be prepared 

 for them than to lull one's self into a sense of false security. For 

 the fungus that all too frequently spoils fine clumps of candidum 

 the only remedy seems to be flowers of sulphur ; lift the diseased 

 bulbs directly the stems lie down, and place them in small bags 

 filled with the sulphur, leaving them so for several days before 

 planting them in new^ positions. Disease number two is a fungus 

 known to fungologists as Ehizopus necans, and to gardeners as the 

 auratum disease. It affects imported bulbs of auratum and 

 speciosum, and is probably induced by the rather rough treatment 

 received from the time of harvest in the Far East to the time they 

 reach the cultivator. Our leading mycologist, Mr. Massee, who 

 takes a paternal interest in fungi of all sorts, and is rather inclined 

 to think they should have a chance of existence instead of being 

 continually warred against, has recommended that bulbs for export 

 be given a twenty-minute bath in a 1 per cent, solution of salicylic 

 acid. A light annual top dressing of kainit mixed with soil was 

 also recommended by Mr. Massee at the Lily Conference held at 

 Chiswick by the Eoyal Horticultural Society in 1901, as a remedy 

 for Lily mildew and other fungus troubles. 



In this section are grouped together those Lilies that are the 

 least fastidious, and will thrive in any good garden soil. 



Selections of Liliums. 



Selection of easily grown Lilies. 



candidum, white; Madonna 

 Lily. 



Clialcedonicum, scarlet ; 

 Heldreiclii is a fine form. 



speciosum, white, brown 

 spots ; the finest forms 

 are album novum, Ea^et- 

 zeri, Melpomene, and 

 rubrum. 



croceum, orange ; Orange 

 Lily. 



elegans, scarlet ; many 

 varieties, the best being 

 Alice Wilson, auranti- 

 acum, atrosanguineum, 

 Batemani, and Orange 

 Queen. 



testaceum, light yellow. 



tigrinum, scarlet, brown 

 spots ; there is a good 

 double form , and For- 

 tunei and splendens are 



fine. 



longiflorum, white ; Harrisi 

 and Takesima are good 

 varieties. 



Hansoni, yellow. 



Heuryi, yellow, brown 

 spots. 



concolor, orange yellow. 



umbellatum, red ; cloth 

 of gold, aurantiacum, 

 grandiflorum, and 

 Sappho are all desirable. 



Dalhansoni, purple. 



M;irtagon, purple ; Tuik's 

 Caj) Lily. 



INIarhan, orange red, 

 brown spots. 



pomponium, red. 



