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Of Strawberries all the early blooms of many sorts were destroyed ; the entire crop 
cut down and dug in in many gardens; in others, a first-rate crop ; here a medium 
crop ; good of Eleanor and Elton Pine on a north border. Most of the earliest 
varieties, such as Black Prince, are failures; Keens’ Seedling also poor; President 
a medium crop. 
Cordon Apples seem still the most fruitful. They are within eighteen inches 
of the ground, and were protected when in flower by a few boughs. The trees 
were much infested by insects in the spring, but a dose of tobacco-water killed 
the pest, and a heavy shower from the garden-engine in the afternoons of hot days 
has kept the wood of Peaches, Nectarines, &c., clean and healthy since. The 
roots have also been mulched and watered with manure-water, and notwithstand¬ 
ing the intense heat, the wall-trees are clean and healthy, and the fruits are 
swelling well.—D. T. Fish, HardwicJce. 
GAEDEN LILIES.— Ohaptee V. 
HE group of Eulirion, the consideration of which we now resume, comprises 
several handsome, long-tubed species, represented by the chaste-looking 
L. longijlorum^ a species which, according to Mr. Baker, includes several 
Indian as well as Chinese and Japanese forms. 
7. Lilium longiflorum {Bot. Beg.^ t. 500 ; Flore des Serves^ t. 270).—This 
handsome and fragrant Lily produces stiff, erect, glabrous stems, of from 1 ft. to 
2 ft. high, furnished with numerous leaves (20-30 at the flowering period) ; the 
lower ones of which are crowded, erectly-spreading, linear acute, 3 in. to 5 in. 
long, narrowed to the base, and of a deep shining green ; the upper leaves are 
shorter and less crowded. The flowers—of which one or two are produced on 
the stem—stand obliquely on the stalk, the perianth being funnel-shaped,- or 
elongately campanulate, 5 in. to 7 in. long, pure white on both surfaces, the 
segments oblanceolate-spathulate, bluntish, and recurted at the tip, the claw 
grooved, but not hairy or papillose. The anthers are of a deep yellow. It is 
a native of Japan, whence it was introduced to this country in 1819, and 
subsequently reimported by Mr. Fortune and others. 
When grown as a pot plant under glass, the height is considerably increased, 
a specimen grown by Mr. Wilson, and represented in the annexed woodcut from 
the Journcd of Ilortioulture^ being 3 ft. 9 in. high and 3 ft. 8 in. wide, with 
twenty-two flowers and two buds. Grown in this way, it forms a beautiful 
decorative object for a cool conservatory. It, however, grows well in the borders, 
but is early in its growth, and liable to suffer from frosts, unless planted under 
the protection of shrubs, the best positions being sheltered corners with a northern 
aspect. 
Lilium longiflorum Wilsoni. —This is a remarkably fine variety, which 
has appeared in the collection of Mr. G. F. Wilson, of Weybridge. Its distin¬ 
guishing features are, a stronger habit of growth, a taller stem, and much longer 
flower-tubes than in the typical longiflonm. The specimen represented in the 
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