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common Martagon (fig. 198) will grow anywhere ; it does not object to thick 

 shade. In fact, I have a big clump under Pear-trees which is quite an effec- 

 tive feature when in bloom. A seedling ' Wood-nymph ' is much prettie 

 than the type. L. dalmaticum hardly does itself justice, and is given to 

 deteriorating. L. injrenaicum, when raised from seed, quite surprised me, 

 for, though it is amongst the least sho^v-y of Lilies, it asserted itself to 

 considerable purpose. Martagon album I can manage fairly well. 

 L. Hansoni also does well, but it is so early in throwing up its flower- 

 stems as to be liable to be caught by frost. This year, for example, half- 

 a-dozen strong spikes had not one flower amongst them. It may be 



interesting to note that L. Hansoni at the Y'ork Nurseries was this year 

 in full flower in the second week in July. This was due to the bulbs 

 having been replanted late (in the first week in March). 



L. tesiaceum (excelsum) (figs. 199, 200) does well when I look after 

 it. I may mention that one of the finest specimens of this Lily I have 

 ever seen, grows in the garden of my friend Dr. Tempest Anderson in 

 Stonegate, in the very centre of the City of York — a few yards from the 

 Minster. It has flourished there for years. L. chalccdonicum* (fig. 201) 

 does only moderately well ; when in flower it usually has an untidy 



* Mr. W. A. Clark, F.R.H.S., who has had great experience in Lily growing, tells 

 me that L. chalcedonicum does much better on the limestone or chalk than in 

 ordinary garden, soil. So also does L. ijoinponiiim. 



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