picked and put in water will open even to the smallest bud. At the 
same time with Thunberg blooms the Aurantiaca Major and the Apri- 
cot, a lovely lily. 
Late in July we watch eagerly for the new and splendid Chinese 
lily, the Citrina. This has blossoms six inches long, borne on very 
tall stalks and the fragrance is delicious. This is really the king of 
the Hemerocallis and makes a great show in the border. 
After this comes the Variegata lily with its striped green and 
white leaves and its bright yellow flowers. It is a handsome 
addition. 
Early in August the Kwamso makes its appearance; this is a 
Japanese lily very handsome and very hardy, rather low-growing 
but with long stems and brilliant, tawny double flowers. Meehan 
says its period of bloom is longer than any of the lilies, often lasting 
a month. It is very gorgeous, very hardy, and has all the graces 
except that of fragrance. 
And now we bring our calendar of the lilies to an end with the last 
t-df come in my garden, the old fashioned white day jfly which blooms 
\V\3-\ well into September. It belongs to the Funjg'a,' farnjly^ and has 
j» broad light-green leaves. Its tall stalk of white flowers and its de- 
Aj* t *^s S *" Hcious fragrance is well known and loved by us all, and it is of this 
OA * s l^v that Maeterlinck sings — "The great white Lily with its chalice of 
' silver, the old Lord of the garden, the immemorial lily." 
Alice Munroe, 
<" f"^"" * Litchfield Garden Club. 
^ tf**l 3 U Saving the Dunes 
- . A proposal is now made to save the Indiana Dunes as a public 
.memorial to James Whitcomb Riley. Anything to wake the public 
indifference to the wonderful natural phenomena we possess in the 
Dune country east of Gary is to be welcomed, and the popularity of 
the beloved Indiana poet may advance the project as previous appeals 
have not succeeded in doing. We do not associate the poetry of 
Riley, which is pastoral, with the rather austere splendor of the Dunes, 
but Riley was too true an Indianian and too true a lover of natural 
beauty not to have given his hearty approval to the preservation of 
such a resource for the people. 
The Dunes, as too few Americans are aware, are one of the most 
interesting natural phenomena on the American continent, a treasure 
store for the botanist and the lover of nature. They are almost 
unique in character and they are besides a great natural park, ac- 
cessible to millions by good roads, trolley lines, and railroads. There 
