EXPERIENCES IN GROWING J J LIES. 



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L. (luratam Wittii, riibro-vittatnui, and platyphifUum. — 'i'liese three 

 Lilies came up for two years, but this year they have not appeared. 



L. loiu/ijtoru'iii Harnsii, and longifi. foliis niho-mar^jindtia. — These 

 Lihes came up the first year and fiowered well ; the second year they 

 made a feeble attempt and some flowered ; this year there are a few about 

 2 inches hi<^h ! 



L. (jUjanteiim. — Three years ago I planted a of this Lily. It 



came up a few feet, and did not flower. Next year it sent up a stem 

 about 8 feet high and flowered magnificently. Lnwisely 1 made it seed. 

 It produced three fine pods with an infinity of apparently sound seeds. I 

 sowed them in pans, but owing to more or less unavoidable neglect and 

 want of pi'oper management they did not germinate. The mother plant 

 perished outright, with an offset that had come up near it. The next 

 season 1 planted two large bulbs of this same Lily, said to have been 



Fig. 213, -L. Kkuieui. 



imported\from Holland. The one never came up, and the other only 

 reached 3 feet Avithout flowering, and this year it threw up a tiny offset 

 which I think will perish. (Fig. 181.) 



I think this Lily, under proper management, can be made to seed and 

 leave innumerable progeny ; moreover, I think it will cross -with other 

 Lilies. 



L. Kraineri — the pink Lily — came up feebly the first year and 

 produced one flower. It never appeared again^ (Fig. 213.) 



L. rubellum I had in a pot under glass. It flowered fairly the first 

 year, and feebly the second year ; then it perished. (Fig. 192.) 



L. nejKilense I had in a pot under glass. It grew to about 7 teet high, 

 its flowers being pale lemon and dark purple inside. The second year it 

 threw up a tall stem, which perished before flowering. (Fig. 182.) 



There are, I think, five circumstances in growing Lilies, each of which 

 may interfere with success, viz. : — 



(a) Constitution of the bulb at time of planting. 



(b) Climate. 



(c) Season. 



{(I) Soil ; and above all 

 (c) Management. 



