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on exaiiiinjition, hooiu lujalthy, and have made roots. In adjoining? beds, 

 with the same two soils, a dozcui L. Szovitsianum in the peat and loam 

 made miserable f,'rowth, while the do/on in the loam and sand bed have, 

 many of tlnim, (lowered well and seeded. In other two beds with six 

 Jj. (iurainiii all canu^ up fairly, but in the loam and sand bed the six 

 were rather the sti'on^^ir ; all the bulbs were newly-imported ones. The 

 above, I think, shows that imported bulbs of ditlerent Lilies take different 

 times in (jstablishinf^^ thems(dves, and that with cold -and wet in the early 

 part of the season the soil which suits Lilies best in normal seasons may 

 not then give tlie best results. 



Many of the varieties of L. suporJmvi are very beautiful ; they like 

 shade and rather moist soil. (Fif,^ 190.) Some years back — I do not know 

 whetlmr it still exists— there was a *,n-and undisturbed bed of L. sujfcrbum 

 at Messrs. Wat(?rer's at Wokin<j: ; the Lily was at home in the moist peat ; 

 the g'reat tall stems, with richly-colourcsd flowers, IdmI n, very fine effect. 



Fia. 11)5.— L. WAHniNfiTONiANUM Fig. lUO. L. sdpekdum. 



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L. canadriisc, in all its varieties, grows easily and is very beautiful. It 

 is usually said, " Kind the nati\e habitat of a plant, and reproduce it as 

 nearly as you can ; if a Lily be found in shady places, grow it in shade " ; 

 but a distinguished Dutch chemist-botanist, who has himself done great 

 things as regards the introduction of different plants, especially into Java, 

 once showed me that this was not a universal law, or rath(U' that what 

 appears to be the reproduction of the liabitat is really not so, and that 

 one unattainable condition sometimes changes the whole circumstances 

 so completely that he had known plants which, in their own country, 

 flourished in shade, when transported, throve best in sun. The moral 

 is, I think, where possible, try experiments for yourself, plant a few bulbs 

 in very different situations— the first year will tell you in which direction 

 to steer. 



One thing which T luive learnt of recent years is that in situa- 

 tions and soil where Rhododendrons grow very luxuriantly, after 



