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placed it should give good results, as from a terrace above it will 
be possible to view the flowers with advantage. At Gravetye Manor, 
the seat of William Robinson, Esq., who is no doubt the pioneer 
of the extended culture of these Lilies in England, they are grown 
chiefly in one lake, through which a steady flow of water goes 
on to another lake on a lower level. Here around the sides they 
thrive surprisingly well. The plants in question having been 
planted for some few years have gained in vigour immensely. I 
noted this in particular in the case of N. Marliacea carnea and N. 
Marliacea albida , the flowers of which with the increased vigour 
of the plants stood well above the water level. Other kinds, not 
of such vigorous growth, were not then thriving quite so well 
through an accumulation of a form of Conferva which almost 
choked them at that time. By experience gained since that 
visit I surmise also that these medium growers had almost too 
much water over them. The position of this pond is admirable; 
the sloping banks down to the margin of the water affording good 
standpoints from which to view them. 
Another method adopted by an enthusiastic cultivator in 
Berkshire, Sir W. J. Farrer, Sandhurst Lodge (gr. Mr. Townsend), 
is that of forming small lakelets or pools on various levels, so 
that the water flows from one lot to another. This also is a 
successful mode of cultivation. 
A somewhat similar method is adopted at a place in Sussex, 
but on a smaller scale. At Shipley Hall, near Derby, the seat 
of E. Miller Mundy, Esq., a keen enthusiast in gardening, Mr. 
Elphinstone has formed a collection, and these Lilies, like other 
things there, will no doubt be a notable feature. I do not 
know, however, under what special conditions they are being 
grown. At Aldenham Park, the seat of Lord Aldenham, another 
collection has been formed by Mr. Beckett, who may be relied 
upon to make their culture a success. In one garden, at least, 
in the Eastern Counties these Lilies have been cultivated for 
some few years, and from notes I have read they are thriving 
well. At Cheshunt, J. T. Bennett-Poe, Esq., has for some few 
years past had them thriving in the most successful manner. 
This collection, under the care of Mr. Downs, is composed of the 
very best varieties. In one place at least in Scotland their cul¬ 
ture was this past spring taken up by Everard F. im Tliurn, Esq., 
a well-known traveller and writer, who has formed the nucleus 
