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HERBACEOUS GARDEN 
until they have turned yellow, and 9 or 10 inches of stem should 
always be left to prevent the rain washing into the centre of the 
bulb and so causing it to die out. It is not easy to grow lilies on 
clay, though Lilium auratum are said to enjoy a dressing of powdered 
clay in spring. Should anyone possessing a clay soil wish to grow 
lilies, the surface of the bed should be raised a foot above the sur- 
rounding level and the soil thoroughly worked to a depth of 3 feet 
with a good admixture of garden sweepings, leaf-mould, or grit 
worked in, if peat is not available. 
L. auratum. White, with bands of golden yellow, or crimson 
down the centre of the petals. From 3 to 6 feet high. 
Requires a porous rich soil and to be planted 9 inches 
below the surface. August to October. 
L. Brownii. Sometimes called jaftonicum or Krameri. A 
trumpet lily, brownish white, and liking much the same 
soil as auratum. Should be planted 6 inches below the 
surface, and grows 2 to 4 feet high. Flowering July and 
August. 
L. canadense. Orange, spotted with purplish brown, with 
drooping blossoms ; requiring a partially shaded position 
and moist, peat soil, though it will flower in good garden 
mould. It also requires shallow planting. 
L. candidum (Madonna Lily). White, 3 to 4 feet high, 
liking a sunny position in good rich loam, with chalk or 
old lime intermixed. It likes plenty of water in the 
summer, and is best left undisturbed. It should not be 
planted deeply, and this is best done in August. This 
beautiful lily is very capricious, and if it fails in one part 
of the garden, may yet succeed perfectly in another. No 
certain cure has yet been found for the disease which 
devastates it in many gardens, but shaking the bulbs in 
a sack with sulphur before planting them is advisable, or 
they may be sprayed from March to May occasionally 
with a weak solution of black sulphur and water. Flower 
in June and July. 
L. chalcedonicum. An old fiery-coloured variety known as the 
scarlet turn cap lily. It is one of the easiest to grow in 
the border, and may be left undisturbed for years. It 
requires shallow planting, grows 2 to 3 feet high, and 
flowers in July and August. 
L. croceum. Another good border lily, orange spotted with 
black, easily grown in a sunny border or in partial shade, 
deeply planted, and with a subsoil of cow manure, 3 feet 
high, flowering in July. 
