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plant is of more robust habit than either of the sorts named above» 
often attaining to the height of four or five feet. 
The virgin whiteness of the album, the roseate leopard-like 
spotting of the pimdatum, and the jewel-like brilliancy of the 
speciosum, all redolent with the fragrance of Arabian spices, 
will ever render these, objects of especial favor and admiration, 
and place them among the very choicest plants of the conservatory 
or flower garden. 
Hybrids. — The strongest development of the stamens and pistils 
of the Lily tribe, almost directly invites the skill of the cultivator 
to cross impregnations. A multitude of seedlings have been pro- 
duced in this w-ay, from these Japan Lilies. In my own collection, 
I have now about 150 in bud, from which it is hoped some good 
and distinct varieties may be obtained. Of the seedlings that 
have already bloomed, those raised from L. sp&ciosum, fertilized 
by L. L. album, and from L. L. album, by L. speciosum, have 
been almost identical in character with the former red species, 
varying only in the petals displaying a clearer delineation of the 
white. All efforts to interbreed these with Liliurrt candidum, 
(common white Lily,) L. tigrinum, L. Pkiladelpkicum, L. super- 
hum, and L. Canadense, have proved abortive. 
Soil. — In cultivating these new Lilies, the following soil will 
be found thoroughly adapted; Two parts from an old hot-bed, 
composed of leaves and horse manure, at least two years old; one 
part rotten sods, or any good mellow loam; one part sandy peat; 
[if not sandy it will be well to add a little sand.] 
Potting and shifting the bulbs. — About the middle of January, 
these will commence vegetating, when they should be potted m 
small pots, repotting or shifting them to a larger size every two 
months, or as often as the pots are filled with roots — always re- 
membering that perfect drainage, and plenty of it, are indispensa- 
ble to success. 
Propagation. — By seeds, which are obtained in abundance in 
this climate, if the pistils are fertilized. These sh6uld be sown 
as soon as ripe, in shallow pans, in which they may remain for 
one or two years; they should then be transferred to six inch pots, 
four to six bulbs around the edges of the same — and finally, 
singly, in pots for flowering. 
By offsets and by goung bulbs. — These are formed at the crown 
of the old bulb, and also at the axils of the leaves. Their growth 
is accelerated by the placing of pieces of peat around the stem. 
By scales, from the outside of the bulb, potted in peat and sand, 
and subjected to a slight heat; these do not vegetate rapidly, but 
eventually make good bulbs, and those scales may be divided 
longitudinally into two or three parts with the knife, each one of 
which will form at the bottom a new plant. 
