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CHILDREN'S GARDENS 
IV 
summer and last into the autumn. One very 
beautiful lily is almost beyond the scope of 
any child’s garden. It is very large, as its name 
implies, L. giganteum. It grows in sheltered 
woodland situations and bears large flowers, 
white with a little purple, on stems 6 to io 
feet high. Quite another type of lily among 
those simple to grow are the Turk’s cap or 
Martagon lilies. The flowers are a dull 
purplish red, with petals quaintly turned back, 
and there are both white and yellow varieties, 
and also a bright scarlet, called L. chalcedonicum. 
They like partial shade. 
I do not know what particular lilies the poet 
refers to in the following lines, but I will give 
you the names of three other kinds, any one of 
which would make a red-gold crown to a 
summer’s day. 
Clustered lilies in the shadows, 
Lap’t in golden ease they stand, 
Rarest flower in all the meadows, 
Richest flower in all the land. 
Royal lilies in the sunlight, 
Brave with summer’s fair array ; 
Drowsy thro’ the evening silence, 
Crown of all the August day ! 
The first name is L. croceum , the orange 
lily. It is strong and hardy, and has a head of 
several bright blooms. L. umbellatum in vary- 
