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appearance, owing to the withering of the leaves on the lower part of 

 the flower-stem. In St. Peter's School garden, a very short distance 

 from my house, there is a fine clump of this Lily which has been 

 in the same place for more than twenty years. The bulbs have at 

 intervals been taken up and replanted in new soil. This clump is a 

 fine sight when in flower. I know of a small clump of this same 

 Lily in Clifton ; it grows in a spot which I should have imagined no 

 self-respecting plant would condescend to exist in, and flowers well. The 

 only place in which I have seen this Lily in flower with the stem-leaves 

 green is Goschenen, at the entrance to the St. Gothard tunnel, where a 

 fine clump absolutely commanded my attention. 



Humholdti I once had very good from imported bulbs kept in the 

 cellar in sand and planted late. They may of course have taken a 

 stimulant in the cellar, as after delighting me for two seasons they pined 

 away. Of Humholdti magnificum I have one bulb doing well for the 

 third summer in succession. It is both brilliant and attractive. (Fig. 188.) 



Washing tonianum is one of my failures, though I once had it with 



Fig. 200. — L. testaceum. Fig. 201. — L. chalcedoxicum 



(Showing habit.) 



eight flowers. I have never seen this Lily doing so well as at the York 

 Nurseries in a position heavily shaded by Alders and Yew, where it is 

 well sheltered from winds, and must always be cool. A very fine bulb 

 from this spot transferred to my garden sent up four stems, but only gave 

 one flower, and evidently resents its change of home. (Fig. 202.) 



Canadense does not approve of my garden ; but superhum does well, 

 though I have not supplied it with peat. 



Pardalinum has never been good with me but once, and that was 

 when I made a big bed of new soil for it. (Fig. 184.) 



Pomponium vcrum and tcniiifolinm do well for a little while— but 

 only for a little while. 



Of jjolypliyllum and sulphureum I can only say that their cost was 

 great, but their vitality little ; neither ever flowered. 



Parryi I find fairly good-natured ; even little bulbs flower, and I Juivc 

 had as many as six blossoms on a stem ; but an attempt to obtain seed, 

 which was moderately successful, apparently weakened the plant so much 

 that it has done no good since. (Fig. 185.) 



