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a time they too much overshadow Lilie.s planted among them, and now 

 that there are so many l)eantiful forms of hardy Azaleas, especially 

 hyhrids of A. 7iwllis, we have used these as shelter for Lilies, and in 

 several heds where the experiment has heen tried it has proved eminently 

 successful. 



Pot Culture. — I must end with a lew words on pot cultivation. 

 We have some thousands of l)ulhs, hoth little and hi*,', plant(!d in the 

 open, but I think there are some species which cannot h(i bronj^ht to 

 their full beauty except under a roof. Perhaps the simplest way is to 

 mention how our Lilies are treated ; which species siicce(;d Wfill hove : and 



Fig. 197.— L. Wallichianum HDPEiinu.M. 



which do not. Till lately the Lily-house was an orchard-house, GO feet 

 by 20. In this Lilies answered very well except in very hot weather, and 

 then some of them, when in bloom, were moved to a roujj^li shed, open at 

 the front and facing north. Last year a house was ))nt up, giving as 

 much air as possible, in our sluidiest corner; it gets only the east sui». 

 The Lilies succeed very well, and the blossoms last longer than in the 

 orchard-house. Had we the situation, a house should l)e placed in com- 

 plete shade, for I feel sure that some Lilies would thrive best there. 

 The soil we use for most Lilies consists of two parts lil)rous peat, one 

 part loam, and, if the last is at all stifl', some sharp sand is added. In 



