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THE AMATEUR’S FLOWER GARDEN. 
ham. X. lulbijlorum , the well-known orange Illy, is indis¬ 
pensable. X. candidum is the most useful of all, though apt 
to become bare of leaves at the base of the flower-stem ere 
its season is over. To prevent this, lift and replant with a 
good dressing of manure in August, and give abundance of 
the water from the middle of May to the end of June. The 
variegated-leaved varieties make fine pot plants. X. choice- 
donicum , the scarlet martegon lily, grows three feet, and 
produces a grand display of scarlet flowers. X. longiflorum 
cannot be left out, though on our cold soil it is nearly extin¬ 
guished by a hard winter. It grows only two feet high, and 
produces elegant funnel-shaped ivory-white flowers. X. 
lancifolium , in its several varieties, is quite hardy, but makes 
no show as a border plant; it is, in fact, lost amongst more 
showy species. It is, however, one of the best to plant in 
front of a rhododendron bed, as the dark green shrubs show 
up the elegant light-coloured flowers, and it is also a first- 
rate plant for pot culture. X. Tliunbergianum is in the way 
of L. bulbiferum, but distinct enough, and there are several 
