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taken not to bruise or break the bulbs. A very 
large number of lilies (chiefly from Japan) are 
imported every year to this country, and it is 
generally these imported roots that nurserymen 
offer for sale, so you will find they are often a 
little crushed and damaged ; and where this is 
the case, the broken scales should be pulled off 
It likes an ordinary garden soil. If the soil is 
very heavy it must be made to suit it by adding 
a little sand. The name of this well-known 
white “ Madonna lily ” in gardener’s catalogues 
is Lilium candidum. All lilies should be 
planted in the autumn, and care should be 
LILIUM CANDIDUM 
The Madonna Lily 
