THE FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
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Hexandria Monogynia — Liliacece. 
Lilium testaceum. Said to be a Japanese species, and although 
very inferior in point of beauty to L. speciosum, Thunbergianum, 
and their varieties, is a plant that well deserves to be cultivated. 
It is a handsome frame or half-hardy bulb, growing best when 
planted out in a cold pit, when the bulbs can be kept dry during 
winter. It should be planted in the pit in autumn, or very early 
in spring, and when once established should not be afterwards 
disturbed, for all these plants suffer injury by removal, in con¬ 
sequence of the loss of their tender perennial fibres, and by the 
bulbs becoming dry. Whether planted or potted the bulbs 
should be placed rather deep, because they make fibres above 
the bulb as well as below it; and when they must be shifted it 
should be done while they are dormant. The greatest care should 
be taken during the operation of turning them out of the pots 
and removing the crocks from among the roots, without shaking 
off too much of the soil. They should then be fresh potted in a 
mixture of sandy peat, loam and a small portion of well-rotted 
dung, or leaf-mould, with ample drainage. They should after¬ 
wards be kept dry till they begin to grew, when water should be 
given, but rather sparingly at first. Much damage is done to 
fresh-potted bulbs, by keeping them damp directly after fresh 
potting, while in a state of rest. 
The plant grows from one to four feet high, according to the 
strength or size of the bulbs, and flowers from July to September, 
according to the manner in which it is treated.— Bot. Reg. 
CALENDAR FOR MARCH. 
Stove. Such an extremely favorable season as the last is of 
very rare occurrence, as from the great power and long con¬ 
tinuance of solar influence through the autumnal months every 
facility was afforded the previous summer’s growth to ripen in a 
healthy manner, and we have passed through the winter without 
feeling, to any extent, the much dreaded attacks of frost or 
very cold weather, so that but little fire heat has been necessary, 
