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placed it should give good results, as from a terrace above it will 

 be possible to view the flowers with advantage. At Gravetye Manor, 

 the seat of William Robinson, Esq., who is no doubt the pioneer 

 of the extended culture of these Lilies in England, they are grown 

 chiefly in one lake, through which a steady flow of water goes 

 on to another lake on a lower level. Here around the sides they 

 thrive surprisingly well. The plants in question having been 

 planted for some few years have gained in vigour immensely. I 

 noted this in particular in the case of N. Marliacea earned and N. 

 Marliacea albida, the flowers of which with the increased vigour 

 of the plants stood well above the water level. Other kinds, not 

 of such vigorous growth, were not then thriving quite so well 

 through an accumulation of a form of Conferva which almost 

 choked them at that time. By experience gained since that 

 visit I surmise also that these medium growers had almost too 

 much water over them. The position of this pond is admirable ; 

 the sloping banks down to the margin of the w r ater affording good 

 standpoints from which to view them. 



Another method adopted by an enthusiastic cultivator in 

 Berkshire, Sir W. J. Farrer, Sandhurst Lodge (gr. Mr. Townsend), 

 is that of forming small lakelets or pools on various levels, so 

 that the water flows from one lot to another. This also is a 

 successful mode of cultivation. 



A somewhat similar method is adopted at a place in Sussex, 

 but on a smaller scale. At Shipley Hall, near Derby, the seat 

 of E. Miller Mundy, Esq., a keen enthusiast in gardening, Mr. 

 Elphinstone has formed a collection, and these Lilies, like other 

 things there, will no doubt be a notable feature. I do not 

 know, however, under what special conditions they are being 

 grown. At Aldenham Park, the seat of Lord Aldenham, another 

 collection has been formed by Mr. Beckett, who may be relied 

 upon to make their culture a success. In one garden, at least, 

 in the Eastern Counties these Lilies have been cultivated for 

 some few years, and from notes I have read they are thriving 

 well. At Cheshunt, J. T. Bennett-Poe, Esq., has for some few 

 years past had them thriving in the most successful manner. 

 This collection, under the care of Mr. Downs, is composed of the 

 very best varieties. In one place at least in Scotland their cul- 

 ture was this past spring taken up by Everard F. im Thurn, Esq., 

 a well-known traveller and writer, w T ho has formed the nucleus 



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