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5 to 6 inches in circumference, while a seedling progeny will aver- 
age about the same for its first flowering, yto i6months from seed. 
With and Without the Greenhouse 
N OT only can stocks be produced in our middle latitudes, 
but there are many possible modifications in the present 
methods of handling which would be greatly advantageous. 
It is, for instance, perfectly feasible for a grower, even along our 
Canadian border, to produce his own stocks of this Lily for 
Easter, and even Christmas or Thanksgiving. It is a simple 
matter for him to get ripe seed in June from pollinations made 
in the greenhouse at Easter. Such seed, planted the first of 
January, pricked off in March, set in the field in May, repotted 
before cold weather, can be flowered in batches for Thanks- 
giving, Christmas, and Easter. Handled in this way, it does 
not matter whether the plants are hardy out-of-doors or not. 
They are not out-doors over winter, but are handled like so 
many herbaceous biennials or perennials, which receive their 
initial push under greenhouse conditions and are brought back 
there again to finish their growth. 
This kind of handling not only makes the culture of the 
Easter Lily widely available, but it greatly reduces the coal bill, 
for the plants as a rule are dug from the field nearly half grown. 
Much less heat is required to bring them to flower than with 
dormant bulbs; and they are besides healthier, more vigorous, 
and more floriferous. 
While the seedlings of this Lily seem to be tremendously ac- 
celerated by an initial greenhouse push from January to March, 
the gardener who does not possess a greenhouse can almost 
equally well grow his own bulbs. Seed can be had by cross 
pollinating two plants purchased at Easter. Sow in frames in 
autumn. Germination will take place in the spring and the 
plants may be spaced in early summer or left to grow as they 
will, in place until fall. Then they should either be well mulched, 
or better dug and the leaves removed. Immediately re-set the 
young bulbs 4 inches deep (about November 1st in the climate 
of Washington, D. C.). Handled in this way no flowers will 
appear until the second year, but after this the vegetative 
reproduction will be ample for any increase of stock desired. 
1 he seed has germinated with us very nicely in the open field 
with no protection when drilled in with a garden seeder in 
the fall. We have also grown nice seedlings in pots in the living 
room window. 
Elcme Production for the Hardy Garden 
W HEN home production obtains generally, it will in all 
probability give great impetus to the more extended use 
of this beautiful Lily, which is at present regarded chiefly as 
a hothouse plant and handled in such a way that the bulbs are 
not readily available for general purposes; indeed, up to this 
time it has been but little used except by the florist, on account 
of its supposed tender nature. No Lily is better adapted for 
beds and borders or for mass planting in front of low shrubs, or in 
clumps among broad-leaved evergreens in which it may be made 
either a permanent planting or can, if desired, be shifted an- 
nually. 
EASTER LILIES GROWN AS HARDY PLANTS IN A GARDEN BORDER 
Growing at Takoma Park, D. C. in early June where the photograph was made by Mr. | E. Bishop. 
The stock was vegetative multiplication from some earlier strains of the Department of Agriculture 
seedlings and has been grown outdoors continuously. The bulbs were planted November, 1919. 
