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A FEW FLOWERS 
varieties, of which, perhaps, Atrosanguineum, Crandiflorum and Citrintim are the most useful. This Lily is very valuable 
on account of its very showy flowers, its absolute hardiness and its ease of culture. It can be used in any place where it is 
effective, as the conditions must be hard indeed under which it will not thrive. 
5. Tigrinum. 
Notwithstanding this is the much-despised I'iger Lily, it is, when well grown, one of the most noble and beautiful 
specimens in the garden. We have had single plants grow more than seven feet high, with a diameter of two-and-a-half 
feet, bearing in a single sea¬ 
son more than sixty flowers, 
continuing in bloom more 
than six weeks. 
There is a double vari¬ 
ety, quite as handsome and 
effective as the single, and 
the only double-flowered 
Lily worthy of culture. The 
Tiger Lilies are most effect¬ 
ive when isolated in groups 
on the grass, and especially 
on the edge of a grove or 
large shrubbery. They are 
also quite worthy of a place 
in the hardy border. 
6. Tenuifolium. 
The earliest of all Lilies 
to flower in the garden, and 
one of the most remarkable 
because of its brilliant scarlet 
flo%vers, borne in terminal 
clusters on very slender, 
graceful stems, which are candidum lily in the border. 
beautifully clothed with fern¬ 
like foliage. In my opinion this Siberian Lily is the most charming little flower imaginable. It should be planted along 
the edge of the hardy border or in such a location as to bring its scarlet flowers in close contact with the green of the grass. 
7. Longiflorum. 
The long-flowered White Lily, conspicuous among Easter flowers, as it is well adapted for forcing ; it also thrives well 
in the garden, its pure white flowers contrasting finely with the Atrosanguineum, flowering at the same time. 
Belonging to this species is the Iiarrisii, or Bermuda Easter Lily. It is remarkable for its flowering qualities, a single 
bulb being known to produce over a hundred flowers. It also blooms two and three times in a season ; but, coming from 
Bermuda, it will not withstand the severity of our winters unless extremely well protected. It is the most valuable of all 
Lilies for forcing, and in the greenhouse can be had in bloom for Christmas. 
9. Brownii. 
Which is also known as Lilium Japonicum, a native of China, remarkable for its long trumpet-shaped flowers, ivory- 
white on the inside, and dark purple on the outside. This is usually regarded as a tender Lily and not much grown 
because of its liability to perish. I know of a clump of this beautiful species containing fifty or more specimens that has 
not been disturbed in the last five or six years, yielding annually its gorgeous flowers in the greatest profusion. I would 
like to say here that the grower of these fine specimens has followed to the letter the instructions I have given here, and that 
the grower is a woman of wealth and refinement, but who is infinitely richer in the love she has for the flowers, the results 
of the labor of her own hands — a labor of love that she is not willing to have performed by others. 
10. Canadense and Supf.rbum. 
These are both native species of several varieties, all having beautiful flowers and graceful habit. They are especially 
valuable for naturalizing in the grass or along a brookside. They like deep and rich moist soil. 
11. Martagon. 
Or Turk’s Cap Lily, is quite hardy and an easily-grown species that likes a shady situation and will thrive in the tall 
grass, or in an open woods, or among the shrubbery. There are several fine varieties, of which Chalcedonicum and 
Dalmaticum are the best. 
Causes of Failure. —The principal causes of failure in Lily culture lies in overestimating its hardiness, its power to 
endure the rigor of our winters. It is the general opinion of those having authority to speak for the Lily that, with but 
few exceptions, the species are all perfectly hardy. This opinion, supposed correct, finds its way into the seedsmen’s 
