has been so profitable that he continued ex¬ 
tending his plantations until at the time of 
his death he had over ten acres of it grow¬ 
ing, while his successors are still planting 
more. A noted fruit grower in speaking of 
it a few daj T s ago said, ‘‘Judging it as one 
would an animal, I think there is no other 
raspberry that will score so many points.” 
Lilies and their Culture. 
BY E. V. HALLOCK, QUEENS, N. Y. 
Lilium Longiflorum belongs to the Euli- 
rion or funnel-flowered group of Lilies. Its 
nearest allies are Phillipensea , found only 
on the Phillipine Island of Luzon, at the al- 
tude of 7000 feet. The bulb is similar to 
Longiflorum , flowers fragrant, white, slight¬ 
ly tinged with green. It is the most nar¬ 
rowly funnel-shaped of all the Lilies; tube 
7 to 10 inches long. 
L. Neilgehrrense , found only in the Neil- 
gherre Hills of south w^fern India at an 
altitude of 5000 ft. narrow for one 
half its length then widely expanded; of a 
whitish lemon color 6 to 12 in. long. Bulb 
like Longiflorum. 
L. Wallichianum. The only form of Lon¬ 
giflorum found in the Himalayas. Its native 
haunts are Kumaon and Nepal at an altitude 
of 5,500 ft. Flowers of a creamy white with 
a greenish yellow tinge on the outside; the 
tube is 7 to 9 in. long. Bulb like that of 
Longiflorum. 
L. Brownii. A native of Corean Archipel¬ 
ago, it is the same as Longiflorum only the 
outside of the trumpet is a brownish purple. 
L. Japonicum. (Odorum ) Native of central 
and southern Japan. The outside of trum¬ 
pet is a pinkish brown. 
L. Longiflorum is indigenous to south¬ 
ern and central China, Formosa, Loochow 
Isles and southern Japan, pressing well up 
towards the colds of Siberia and south to¬ 
wards the heat of India. But as we draw 
towards tire tropics we see the species bro¬ 
ken into various other forms, but all retain¬ 
ing the general and almost identical charac¬ 
teristics, and also as we go towards the 
south and in hotter climes, we find the dif¬ 
ferent forms taking to the higher and cool¬ 
er altitudes where it is cold, at least, a part 
of the year. 
LILIUM LONGIFLORUM. 
As Longiflorum is found over so large an 
extent of country and in so many climes it 
is evident that it will flourish in almost any 
state of the Union. At the North the bulbs 
should be planted by Sept. 25th to Oct. 
10th, in spots where no water will stand, 
and where the drainage is good. North of 
latitude 42 it is safer to eover them with 
some kind of litter, to keep the ground 
from continually freezing and thawing. 
While they stand cold well they do not like 
sudden extremes. The bulb (ordinary size) 
is about to li inches in diameter, of a yel¬ 
lowish color; the stem grows about one to 
two feet high; it produces from one to thir¬ 
ty-eight flowers on a stalk; blooming June 
20th. They are of a perfect trumpet shape, 
white as snow, with yellow anthers. We 
see but few finer sights in the floral world 
than a thrifty bed. of these, with their 
