160 GARDEN GIVES ITS REWARD 
Wiseman has put ashes about the base of hers as 
a hindrance to a little white worm which, she says, 
delights in chewing their roots. This, of course, 
kills the plants. 
Another strange thing in gardening is that a 
white worm, with a mouth too tiny for one to see, 
can cause the death of a beautiful larkspur four feet 
in height. 
Not far from the larkspurs at Miss Wiseman’s, 
there are lovely early lilies in bloom. I do not 
know that they have any English name other than 
lilies. Mr. Bradley invariably refers to the va- 
riety as Ulium candidum, or candidums for short. 
I think he does this so that no one will make a mis- 
take and imagine they are another kind of lily 
which he expects to bloom later. These beautiful 
fragrant candidums would be hardy in a garden 
like ours, and Joseph is almost as disappointed 
that we have none of them as he was about the 
early snowdrops and crocuses. Like these spring 
flowers, however, they come up from bulbs which 
it is best to plant in the autumn. Indeed, in his 
note-book, Joseph has already written about lily 
bulbs and when and how to plant them. 
For myself, I prefer not to see them planted so 
near larkspurs and phloxes as they are at Miss 
Wiseman’s. They have an expression so differ- 
ent that I think they should be kept by themselves 
in some green nook. This thought, however, I 
