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care in selecting a suitable location. They are especially effective if 
used in masses or bordering shrubbery. These Lilies may be divided 
or transplanted immediately after flowering, before the leaves 
appear. 
HYBRANTHUS (HABRANTHUS) 
Hybranthus comes about the same time as the Guernsey Lily , 
and has the same strange habit of blooming before the leaves ap¬ 
pear. The flowers are a bright crimson. It gives excellent results 
planted either in shade or in sun. (See page 122). It is listed among 
the Hippeastrums. 
RAIN LILIES 
Rain White and pink Rain Lilies and Zephyranthes, some native to 
Lilies Texas, are useful as border plants. They bloom at intervals all 
Summer, after every rain. (See page 64.) 
The various showy Crinums grow well in this sec¬ 
tion. The well-known Milk and Wine blooms from 
August to frost. The Snow-White Angel with its crown of 
gorgeous white bells, begin blooming in May and June, and 
has been known to have as many as twenty-two flowers on one 
stalk. A mature bulb will sometimes produce five or 
six stalks. Lily of the Dawn, a lovely blush-pink, flowers 
from July to frost. The Deep Sea Lily flowers all sea¬ 
son, beginning in June. It is a free bloomer. The flower 
is of good texture and is very valuable for cutting. 
Many people hesitate to grow Crinums because of the 
amount of room their wide, light-green drooping 
leaves require. Gladioli may be planted rather near 
them, and Petunias thoroughly enjoy using their 
leaves to climb up on as a sort of natural trellis. 
They seem to like a sandy soil, and do better when 
the heavier soil has sand mixed in it, yet they will 
grow fairly well without the sand. [Crinums are 
