1884.] 
LILIUM PUEPUEEUM.-THE GAEDEN PINK. 
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LILIUM PUKPUEEUM. 
[Plate 613.] 
^ OME ten years since we published a figure 
of one of the forms of this plant, then 
known as a variety of L-Washingtoniana, 
and we now offer illustrations of some 
other forms which have been imported. 
Lilium 2^urpureum is a handsome plant 
with sweet-scented flowers, varying consider¬ 
ably in colour. It is erect, and remarkably 
symmetrical in habit, one and a half to two 
feet in height, furnished with oblanceolate 
leaves, which are from an inch to an inch and 
a half long, and arranged in numerous whorls. 
The whole surmounted by a raceme of several 
of its handsome flowers, which are white 
variously spotted with purple, or more or less 
deeply tinted with rosy purple. 
It is a native of the Yosemite Valley in 
California, and was introduced about ten years 
since by Mr. Bull, of Chelsea.—T. M. 
THE GAEDEN PINK. 
f HE end of June or early in July is the 
time of the year that these delicately- 
perfumed and withal beautiful flowers 
delight us in the open garden. When 
they are well grown they do not fail to please 
any one who delights in floral beauty or sweet 
perfume. They are as much garden flowers 
as the Carnations and Picotees are, but they 
are unfortunate in not having a specialist like 
Mr. Dodwell to do for them what he has done 
for the Carnation and Picotee. Mr. Charles 
Turner, of Slough, still grows a large named 
collection of them ; and some growers in the 
north have been raising new flowers, which, 
however, I have not seen, as they have not 
been exhibited in the south. 
A Pink show would scarcely be so in¬ 
teresting as a Carnation show, or even a Tulip 
show, but for all that Pinks could be entered 
in schedules more often than they are. It 
would be some encouragement for amateurs 
and cottagers to grow such flowers if there 
were classes for them in tlie schedules of any 
of the shows held between the third week in 
Jline and the second week in July, or even later 
further north. The Crystal Palace Company 
offer prizes for them this year, and it would 
be well if other societies would take a leaf out 
of their book. 
As soon as or even before the blooms are 
over, it will be time to take off the “pipings,” 
as the small growths clustering around the 
base of the flower stems are termed. These 
are cut off near their base, and they are then 
dibbled in out of doors in a shady place, or 
they are propagated more rapidly in a gentle 
hotbed. When they are well rooted let them 
be planted out in the open ground about four 
inches apart, in good soil, to be ultimately 
planted in the borders, or in beds about nine 
inches apart. 
There are some varieties of garden Pinks 
well adapted for forcing. Perhaps most of 
the fine-laced varieties could be forced. For 
instance we have grown for several seasons a 
fine-laced kind named Mrs. Moore, which 
forces well. If it is forced to flower very 
early the lacing does not hold out well, but we 
had it very beautifully laced indeed in May 
and June this year, six weeks before there is 
any chance of laced Pinks being in flower out 
of doors. We take the cuttings off these Pinks 
early in April and up to May, and being pro¬ 
pagated so early they form large tufts, or 
more properly clumps, which, being potted 
into six or seven inch pots early in September, 
become well established before the cold wea¬ 
ther sets in. We begin to force a few of 
them about the end of December ; they must 
at that time be kept near the glass in a gentle 
heat, for if they are too far from the glass they 
become drawn and weakly. I must say that 
those early forced plants are not nearly so 
beautiful as the later ones ; we get beautiful 
forced Pinks in April and May, or up to the 
time in June that they come in out of doors. 
Green fly is a rather troublesome pest, but it 
can be destroyed by dipping in soapy wa+er, 
or by fumigating with tobacco smoke. Mrs. 
Moore is certainly the best laced variety, but 
Mrs. Pettifer, of more delicate constitution, is 
also a pretty variety. The only white one we 
grow is Lady Blanche, which is a most perfect 
flower, with a well-formed pod that does not 
burst; the constitution is rather delicate, but 
it can be grown well with good treatment. 
Lord Lyons is by far the best of the coloured 
varieties ; it has a rosy purple ground colour, 
with darker markings on the petals ; it has an 
excellent habit, which Perhy Pay, another 
similarly marked variety by the same raiser. 
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