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Colchicum. — This, as far as my garden is concerned, is the finest of 

 all Lilies. It grows best in a fairly deep rich soil in partial shade, 

 though it will do well almost anywhere, provided the soil is good. My 

 best bulbs have been raised from seed, and have given me as many as 



Fig. 202. -L. Washixgtoniaxum. 



thirteen or fourteen flowers on a stem. It is true that they took ten or 

 eleven years to flower, but the blossoms amply repaid me for the long 

 waiting. 



In 1890, when mountaineering without guides with Mr. G. P. Baker, 

 a fellow-member of the Alpine Club, I collected in Daghestan, on our 



