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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
March 2, 1907. 
the bulb will be at least 1 in. below the 
surface of the soil. 
Two methods are pursued, namely, to 
pot the bulbs singly or three together in 
pots of a suitable size. When a larger 
number are employed large pots may be 
used at the beginning, and the initial pre¬ 
parations performed as above. Then soil 
is filled around and over the top of the 
bulbs making it rather firm. These big 
pots are left partly filled at the time of 
potting, but they are afterwards filled up 
or top-dressed, when a rather richer pot¬ 
ting compost may be used. 
The larger illustration shows the Lily 
bulb after making a considerable amount 
of growth. It will be observed that there 
are roots from the underside of the bulb 
and also- from the base of the flower stem 
immediately above the bulbs. This is the 
object of having the bulbs entirely covered 
with soil. The roots from the base of the 
stems are necessary for the support of 
stem leaves and flowers. Only some 
species of Lily produce these roots from 
the flower stem, and those species are most 
in request for pot culture. It will also be 
noted that this is also the reason for after¬ 
wards filling up large pots with soil so 
that the stem roots may be covered and 
■have ample material from which to ob¬ 
tain support. Some Lilies even produce 
small bulbs in the same region as these 
stem roots, but on this occasion we are 
not concerned with them. Even the 
smaller pots are better for a top dressing 
if sufficient space has been left for this. 
The bulbs that would be potted at this 
period of the year would be those which 
arrive from Japan some time during the 
late autumn or in winter right up to Janu¬ 
ary and now obtainable from the bulb 
merchants in this country. The bulbs of 
Lilium auratum are frequently affected 
with fungus and in their case it is advan¬ 
tageous to lay them out on a bed of ashes 
and cover them with moist cocoanut fibre 
for two or three weeks to see whether any 
fungus is present, as by this it would be 
evident. 
In most other cases the bulbs may be 
potted up as soon as received. The 
general compost for L. auratum, L. 
speciosum and L. longiflorum Harrisii 
may consist of equal portions of fibrous 
loam and peat with plenty of sand to keep 
it open. A little well decayed and finely 
broken cow manure may be used in the 
compost for top-dressing purposes, but 
no manure whatever should come in con¬ 
tact with the bulbs. When the plants are 
in full growth weak liquid manure may 
of course be employed. It is easy, how¬ 
ever, to overdo bulbs by overfeeding them. 
Besides those we have named, other 
Liliums that produce these stem roots 
are L. Henryi, L. japonicum (Krameri), 
L. speciosum and its varieties, L. 
Hansoni, L. Brownii, and L. tigrinum 
and its varieties. After being potted the 
bulbs may be stood in a co'd frame and 
covered with cocoanut fibre until the stems 
commence to push up when they should 
be immediately uncovered to prevent the 
leaves getting bleached and the stems 
drawn. 
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Taxodium distichum, in gardens at Eal¬ 
ing, Middlesex, shows how suitable it is 
for street planting, but there is a drooping 
variety (T. d. pendulum) which is narrower 
in growth and even more suitable for the 
purpose. 
T r\ m Qfn DANIELS' 
1 V_yl i 1CILW KINO EDWARD VII 
Daniels, Bros. 
Tomato Daniels’ King; Edward VII. 
The fruits are of large size, that is, as 
Tomatos are usually reckoned, very deep, 
perfectly smooth on the skin and of a rich 
red colour, while the flavour is also of the 
best. These fruits are produced in clus¬ 
ters of eight to twelve, and where fruits of 
The above is a strong growing and re¬ 
markably free fruiting variety of Tomato 
of easy cultivation. It was put into com¬ 
merce by Messrs. Daniels, Bios., Norwich, 
who kindly favoured us with the illustra¬ 
tion for the benefit of our readers. 
