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variety of that species, but from a gardening point of consideration 
it may be regarded as distinct, flowering in July and August. 
L. bulbiferum, Parkinson.—An old-fashioned and well-known 
Lily, so frequently seen with L. croceum in cottage gardens, 
producing stems from 2 to 3 feet high, or even more in some 
soils, carrying umbels of deep red flowers about 3 inches across. 
Native of southern and central Europe, flowering in June and 
July. Among the earliest of Lilies. 
L. candid urn, Linn.—The Madonna or old white garden Lily, 
so well known to everybody, and more than ever appreciated 
with its tall stems of bright green leaves and racemes of pure 
white flowers. When planted this Lily should not be frequently 
•disturbed, or it will flower very indifferently. There is a variety 
•called speciosum, which is more robust, floriferous, and with 
rather larger Mowers. Another form named striatum produces 
flowers striped with purple, while another produces double flowers. 
None is more serviceable than the typical form. Southern 
Europe, &c. July to September. 
L. canadense, Linn.—This is a very variable Lily, including a 
large number of varietal forms, geographical as well as local. 
The type grows about 2 feet high, with slender stems and whorls 
of narrow leaves. Flowers nodding, usually umbellate, bright 
orange or yellow, freely spotted. North America; flowering in 
August, sometimes in July, A good variety of it is named 
parvum, growing taller with many-flowered racemes of yellow- 
spotted flowers. 
L. carniolicum, Bernh.—This is a handsome Lily, growing 
from 2 to 3 feet high, with numerous lanceolate leaves clothing 
the rather slender stems. Flowers few, in a raceme of a bright 
-.orange-red colour, finely spotted inside, from 2 to 3 inches 
across, with the segments revolute. Native of southern and 
oastern Europe, flowering in June and July. 
L. chairedonicum, Linn.—The Scarlet Martagon, as it is fre¬ 
quently called. Stems erect, from 2 to 4 feet high, thickly 
•clad with narrow, lanceolate, light green leaves. Flowers in 
racemes, usually few; the perianth of a bright vermilion colour, 
frepuentlyfinely spotted upon the inner surface, with the segments 
sharply revolute. Native of southern Europe, flowering in July and 
August. This Lily makes but poor growth the first season after 
planting even if the bulbs are sti’ong. Last autumn I planted 
several bulbs, and they flowered very indifferently and were 
very dwarf. A few days ago I lifted some of them, and they 
were making excellent root and bulb growth. It is a most lovely 
kind, not at all fastidious, growing almost anywhere, and is a 
universal favourite. 
L Columbianum, Hanson.— This is perhaps only a slender- 
growing dwarf variety of L. Humboldti, but for cultural pur¬ 
poses it may be considered distinct. Stems from 2 to 4 feet 
high, with a few leaves in whorls. Flowers in umbels or 
racemes, few or numerous; perianth of a rich orange-red colour, 
freely spotted with deep purple spots, the segments sharply 
reflexed. Native of Oregon and British Columbia; flowering in 
July. It is a very graceful and pretty kind, growing freely in 
light sandy soil. 
L. croceum, Chaix (the common Orange Lily). — A well- 
known old garden favourite, growing from 2 to 5 feet high, with 
"numerous narrow leaves, and large deltoid racemes of bright 
orange-coloured flowers 3 to 4 inches across the open perianths, 
Native of southern Europe, flowering in July close upon the 
•heels of L. bulbiferum, to which it is closely related. One of 
the most useful Lilies for planting in the border and woodland. 
(To be continued.) 
MESSRS. GEORGE BUNYARD & CO.’S NURSERY, 
MAIDSTONE. 
The town of Maidstone, picturesquely and pleasantly situated on the 
Medway, is in the centre of a large fruit and Hop-growing district, and 
Messrs. Bunyard’s nursery has loDg been known in connection with it; 
but it is not until of late years that it has so rapidly developed its fruit- 
tree-growing character ; and as it was to see this portion of the nursery 
That I went I shall leave on one side the other departments, merely 
saying that there is a fine stock of Conifers and shrubs out of doors and 
an excellent collection of Camellias in the Camellia house. There are 
nbout eighty acres of ground, and the largest piece of about forty acres 
is that through which I went the other day, and concerning which I 
should like to record my impressions. Mr. Bunyard is a successful Rose 
exhibitor, and anyone seeing the very beautiful stock which he has 
mainly on the seedling Briar (although there is a large quantity on the 
Manetti) would not be surprised at his success. The stock is not so 
large as that of many of our great Rose-growers, but I have nowhere 
seen finer plants; and as some were being lifted in the execution of 
■orders, I can testify to the splendid roots, which showed how well the 
coil suited them, and is not of that especially heavy character which 
oftentimes makes it difficult to grow the plants which have revelled in 
it; while the breezy character of the situation on high ground insures 
a certain amount of hardiness which is so favourable to their transpor¬ 
tation into climates which are not, perhaps, peculiarly favourable to 
Roses. The Tea Roses on the Briar were especially good, and many 
lovely blooms of this favourite class were expanding their beauties in 
the warm October sun. How lovely they have been this season ! 
While other counties may grow and do grow Pears, Plums, and 
Apples, Kent is essentially the county for Cherries, and anything more 
beautiful than the stock of these it is impossible to conceive. In the 
various quarters there were upwards of 13,000 standard Cherry trees, 
and of these Amber Heart, Bedford Prolific, Kentish Bigarreau, NapoleoD, 
Frogmore, Large French, Early Rivers, Early Elton, Governor Wood, 
East Kent, Turkey Heart, Kentish Red, Tartarian Black are the kinds 
most in demand, and of which the largest stock is kept. 
The Apples were in almost untold numbers ; but while perhaps 
120 sorts are grown, there are some for which there is an almost 
universal demand, and these are grown in very large quantities. To 
those who desire to plant for profit the following are recommended :— 
Of dessert Apples Blenheim Pippin, good for dessert as well ; Cox’s 
Pomona, Duchess of Oldenburg, Gipsy King, Margil. Mr. Gladstone, 
of these there were 1000 trees ; Old Winter Nonpareil, Scarlet Nonpareil, 
Claygate Pearmain, Worcester Pearmain, of this beautifully coloured 
Apple 2500 splendid trees were grown ; Cox’s Orange Pippin, of this the 
king of all dessert Apples there were upwards of 3000 trees ; Summer 
Golden Pippin, Ribston Pippin. By-the-hy, what a superstition there is 
about this. How frequently we are told that it is dying out, and that 
the Ribston will be soon a thing of the past. Why, here were thousands 
of fine plants without any trace of canker or decay. Delicious as a good 
Ribston is it must yield, I think, to the Cox’s, which is not so hard, yet 
crisp and delicious—even, I think, in flavour superior to the Ribston. 
Red Quarrenden, King of the Pippins, Reinette de Canada, and Wash¬ 
ington, a grand Apple. Then of kitchen Apples the most marketable 
varieties are Annie Elizabeth, Belle Dubois or Gloria Mundi, Cellini 
Pippin, of this were some marvellously coloured fruits on small trees ; 
Keswick Codlin, a variety greatly in request; Ecklinville, another grand 
Apple ; Gascoyne’s Scarlet, a Kentish variety ; Grenadier, a most desirable 
fruit (one of the few Apples certificated at the Congress) ; New Haw- 
thornden, Lady Henniker, Loddington or Stone, a grand kitchen Apple 
of Kentish origin ; Lord Suffield, of this well-known Apple there is no 
need to say anything; Lord Derby, another grand fruit; Northern 
Greening, very late ; Queen Caroline, Small’s Admirable, Warner’s King, 
very fine ; Wellington, and Winter Queening. The standards of these 
trees had stems from 5^ to 6^ feet. 
Among the multitudinous varieties of Pears there are some which 
always command attention as market Pears, such as Bon Chretien, 
Beurrb Bose, Beurrb de Capiaumont, Beurrb Clairgeau, Bishop’s Thumb, 
Calebasse Bose, Doyenne d’Ete, Rivers’ Fertility, and Hessel; while for 
those who desire in their gardens to have the most delicious Pears grown 
the following are recommended Beurrb d’Assomption, Beurrb Superfin 
Doyenn6 du Comice, the finest flavoured of all October Pears ; Comte 
de Lamy, small but most delicious ; Glou Morgeau, Jargonelle, Marie 
Louise, Louise Bonne of Jersey, Pitmaston Duchess, Souvenir du Con- 
grbs, and Josephine de Malines. The trees are of all kinds—standards, 
half standards, dwarfs on Pear and Quince stocks, some double-grafted, 
others of Rivers’ variety of Quince. 
Plums and Damsons are very largely grown—budded plants of a 
year old with clean growths of from 6 to 10 feet, while the two-year-old 
plants were so vigorous that the junction had completely grown over, 
and all fear of loss was obviated. Thus of the Bush Plum, a Kentish 
variety, there are 5000 trees, of Cox’s Emperor 5000, of the Pershore Egg 
Plum 2500, of Rivers’ Early Prolific 5000, Orleans 5000. The others 
most in request for market purposes are Pond’s SeedliDg, Prince Engel¬ 
bert, Royal Dauphine, The Czar, The Sultan ; while for garden purposes 
Coe’s Golden Drop, Green Gage, Jefferson, Oullins Golden Gage, Trans¬ 
parent Gage, and Washington are always in request; but of the Plum 
tribe the most remarkable growth is that of the Farleigh or Cluster 
Damson, of which there are from 40,000 to 50,000 trees. This is a 
Kentish variety and most astonishingly prolific, hardly ever failing to 
produce fruit, and that in the greatest profusion. It is stated that one 
Kentish grower sent last year 3000 bushels to market, which realised 
14s. a bushel. So great is the demand for it that every year Messrs. 
Bunyard dispose of from 10,000 to 15,000 trees. 
If Cherries are the first great speciality of Kent, Nuts are the next 
in importance. The Kent Filbert is famous, but it is now being rapidly 
superseded by the Cob Nut, as being much more profitable and a more 
constant bearer, and of this Messrs. Bunyard have about 20,000 trees, 
and the demand for them is rapidly increasing. 
Of Gooseberries, Currants, Raspberries, Mulberries it is needless to 
say that there is an immense stock of the best varieties, and any fruit¬ 
grower either for market or for their own use will find in these nurseries 
everything to satisfy their wants, no matter how great their demand 
may be. I may perhaps best exemplify what Messrs. Bunyard can do 
by stating what they did for Lord Sudeley. His lordship determined 
on going in largely for fruit-growing as a profitable investment. At his 
seat at Toddington, Gloucestershire, he has begun by planting 500 acres, 
and he was so satisfied with some smaller transactions that he had with 
Mr. George Bunyard that he placed the matter in his hands. The 
particulars of the trees supplied were published on page 170, the issue 
of March 1st of the present year. This was indeed a gigantic operation, 
and it is much to Mr. Bunyard’s credit that it was conducted entirely to 
