LILIES. 
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Aiiratiim and its varieties. Excelsum. 
Speciosum ,, „ Umbellatum. 
Longiflorum. Candidum. 
Hansoni. Henryi. 
Wallichianum Superbum. 
The bulbs should be placed in pots about two and a half times their 
diameter and 2 in. below the surface of the soil. Good turfy loam, peat, 
and sand make an excellent compost. Plunge the pots in ashes outside 
under a wall, or in a cold frame ; and as soon as root action has wel 
Fig. 23. — Lilium Wallichianum sdpi:rbum. 
commenced, take them into the greenhouse as required. When the bulbs 
are well rooted, care must be exercised in watering ; for as the pots are 
full of roots, if once they get dry, serious <lamage is quickly done. Give 
auratum plenty of shade and moisture ; the variety platyphyllum is a 
noble pot plant, and very reliable. After I lowering they should be plunged 
outside in a cool shady border ; and when ihe foliage has quite died down, 
they should then be stored for the winter ma cool frame or outhouse. In 
early spring they should be gone over, and fresh soil added and renewed. 
Another method of cultivating Lilies under glass is that adopted by 
Mr. G. F. Wilson, of Weybridge viz. gro>\ ing the plants in pots in a cold 
