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' ® OUE NATIVE GOODYEEAS 
{^odijrra pnhMcmH und (i, 
ly known iis lUtUosiuiUo 
ilynatlvo spnoioa oi; Cia« 
0 ,vW.laooous plnnl,s. Tlu,y .liiv,:;. 
from each other, M.n.l intonne,liaCo I'onn 1 
tween the two ooour, so tluu; some hjl T 
consider tlioni oniy variecios oi' ^ 
Both are found tiirousi.ouf, ,lamp si,',2 
woods of the Nortlu-.ru St,at.«s, who,.,- tiu-ir 
beautiful, blnc-reon,volvoty 1,-,,VOS,voinc,:' 
with silken tlirea,ls,attraeL rro,p„,,„, attoution 
-I'he (lowers are small, jv,.o,.„isi, wliii.,, ami 
borne on a one-sided soape varying. iVon’, six 
to twelve inehesin lu-iglit; roots thick ami 
tlbrous, attached to asomowliatllosliy,o|.<.oi,- 
ing rootstock. On account cd’ tlioir strikin..-- 
lysliowy leaves l;he plants are g,.oat favor¬ 
ites for llorists tor lianging-l-askets 
and rockeries, i-'or the accompanying 
illustration, from Henry Baldwin's 
Orchids of New l^ngland, wo are in¬ 
debted to tlie publisliers, Joliii Wiley 
& Sons, New York. 
AMERICAN garden. 
umlor tile f''agrant of all, does well 
enm sh o aeo-ns to 
“ 'e Shade more than most others. 
as wen" 
posed not to generally‘sup- 
is so lani-i.i ’‘ardy, probably because it 
forclno-.'’^'o''wintor- 
‘ e ng; but this is a ndstake. so far, at 
le.jsl as he laUtude of New York is .^on- 
moco ii ‘I’'/.'’''' “*’011 ail' for 
""0 than thirty years, and have never 
lown It to be winter-killed. It will do best 
a noil loam, but (lowers well in the ordi¬ 
nary soil of Uiegai'dnn. h. jrarviHiim- L. 
fionhmdum is a varietal fo,-,,, of A. Unu/nU,- 
"«a, iHit IS much 1,0 be preferred to the old 
lorin, being larger and more prolific, and 
repeats itsi-lf two or three times at that. 
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LILIES. 
Lilies are among tlie oldest inmates 
of the garden, and our love and admira¬ 
tion are pretty equally di- kled between 
them, the Eose, aiul the Carnation. 
Our love for otlier (lowers is often 
fluctuating, but for tins triad it is 
constant and enduring. It is not their 
beauty alone whicli fascinates us, but 
an added and characteristic fragrance, 
wliich always liolds a place of its own 
in the memory. 
The Lil)'-, it is sometimes said, is 
easily grown; and tins is true wlien 
it is placed under proper conditions. 
These conditions, unhappily, arc not 
always met, and failure is the result. 
All kmds of Talies will not grow 
equally well in the same soil or bed. 
An intelligent and successful amateur 
friend, suffering from a craze for 
Lilies, told me he had spent upwards 
of a hundred dollars in trying to es¬ 
tablish a large bed. He had bouglit 
everything advei'tised, and put them 
all in a bed made excessively ricli with 
half-rotted manure. More than tifty 
per cent died. Grouping tlie kinds in 
three small beds with dilf’erent soils, 
he was moi'e successful. 
LUium candidum, the common lYliite 
Lily, also called Easter Lily, will grow 
and flower well in any good garden 
soil. In the end of a bed, composed 
of about eighty per cent of sand and 
twenty per cent leaf moidd, tliey live 
grow, and at interv.als of a couple of 
produce a flower oj' two .about tlie size o 
l^aisy. On the contrary, iu the same p ac 
L. superbum, <a beautiful native Lily, 
''ory well, but does mucli better in a J 
soil. r. 7 ... 7 ,„v. Una been much useu im 
most- 
all good, reasonable In price, and quite 
enough for a beginning. I must mention, 
however, the C.alifornia Lilies, such as L. 
GaUforideum, L. Wnshinylonianum, L. Ilumr 
boldlii, Ij. pardalinwn, L. Parryi,a\\ of which 
are very handsome, and some of which re¬ 
quire peculiar treatment. I And they do 
best in a sandy loam rich in vegetable mat¬ 
ter, but without manure, uule.ss it be old and 
thoroughly rotted. 'I’he soil may be en¬ 
riched with manure after the bulbs have be¬ 
come established, and this is a good plan for 
all f.ilies. 1 have known L. Washinijlonia- 
num, wlieri planted in the spring, to remain 
dormant till the following spring, when it 
has started strongli'. 
A bed of Lilies is a very pretty sight, but 
I would advise the novice to grow his Lilieg 
in the garden border, where he will be 
more likely to meet with success than 
in a bed. Planted among the small 
shrubs and herbaceous plants, they 
will get at the roots all the shade they 
need, and produce some charming 
effects in color and form. Lilies 
should be staked, and the stakes 
should be put in the ground when the 
bulbs are planted, and not afterward. 
'They raaj- be planted in the fall or in 
the spring; but if in the fall, It is just 
as well to throw a little coarse litter 
over them for the first winter. 'When 
doing the annual digging in the border, 
do not stir the soil around the Lilies 
more than two inches in depth. 'Pile 
bulbs should not be disturbed or divid¬ 
ed more tlian once iu four or five years. 
If you can grow only a few kinds, 
begin with i. speciosum and its varie¬ 
ties, L. lonyiflorum, L. candidum, L. 
titjrinum, L. superbum, L. hulbiferum, 
and L. auralum; and if you do not 
succeed with the hast on the first trial, 
keep on trymg till you find some home¬ 
grown bulbs that will give you great 
golden-barred flowers that fill the air 
with the most grateful fragrance of 
the whole Lily family. P. B. Mead. 
OTJE FLOWEE BASKET. 
Forest leaves held down with 
branches of evergreen trees make as 
good a covering as any for all lands of. 
plants. Now is the time to get them. 
-St-’' 
'i’he watering-place and sea-shore 
season this year has been a i-emarkable 
one for the extent and amount of floral 
decorations used. 
and 
®oil. A. candidum has been 
forcing for Easter flowers, but is now 
‘y superseded by L. lon<jiflonm. 
A. TAttwberpiaMtiw and its vail 
!»a heavyloain, with leaf mou ^ 
Js not generally known that 
“ative of Japan. L. speciosum nJ a 
'08, commonly called Japan Li ’ 
Ijost beautiful of all Lilies, 
GOODYERA PUBESCENS.--G. REPENS. 
T tondUlonm is also known as Easter Lily, 
n ,-lace in the border, where it will pi o luce 
5^‘ C lurved flowers in the greatest abun- 
^ ^ T exeelsmn, a tall-growing plant, 
innSen yellow flowers, is also easL 
beaiino any good garden soil, but is 
ly gion moisture at the root. A- 
an old favorite, common to a- 
iirinnumis an freely m any 
’The double forin is^v^ 
'I’here is no more favorable season in the 
year for laying out new flower-beds, walks, 
and garden improvements in' general than 
the late autumn months. 
S' light loam rich in veg 
Tnd’ls just as easily grown 
desirable, ““ lasts much longer, 
single, win beautiful LiUes, 
^ ■ but the above are 
'There 
^uratum, the Golden- 
•banded Lily, 
and the 
more 
or 
less expensive; 
Gladioluses bear considerable frost, if they 
are planted deep, yet it is not prudent to run 
too much risk. 'They may be wintered in 
any dry, frost-proof place. 
Chrysanthemums may be lifted - and re¬ 
moved to their blooming quarters, or to re¬ 
place summer bedding plants, or to nooks 
where they can be protected from frost, rain 
and wind by sheeting or matting. In this 
way their flowers may be preserved till the 
end of November. 
