December 1, 1907 
Capsicum or Chili.—If seedlings have 
been raised, they should be planted out 
as soon as favorable conditions for plant- 
ing occur. 
Kohl Rabi.—Sow a little seed, trans- 
plant when the young plants are large 
enough, and treat as advised for cabbage. 
KOHL RABI, 
Leek.—Sow seed occasionally during 
the month in seed-bed, just sufficient to 
keep up a supply of seedlings for planting 
out. Plant eut adyanced seedlings in 
shallow trenches. Use abundance of 
manure, and water the leeks well during 
their growth, Plants that are neurly full 
grown should have their stems blanched 
some little time before use. 
Lettuce.—This is a difficult plant to 
grow in dry, hot weather, for it needs 
abundance of moisture. Sow seeds where 
the plants are to grow, and do not sow in 
seed-bed or transplant, or the lettuces will 
most probably run to seed. 
Onion.—Sow a little seed whenever the 
soil is in a good moist condition. Attend 
to onions now in growth; cultivate well 
between the plants, keeping down weeds, 
Parsnip.—A little seed may be sown 
from time to time to keep up~a supply of 
roots. 
Peas.—In cool moist districts only, sow 
a fow rows. 
Potato.— Plant out a few rows in heavily 
manured land, Use, preferably, whole 
medium-sized potatoes for seed, free from 
scab and other defects. 
Radish —-Sow a little seed from time 
to time, 
Khuparb—This is a good time to sow 
seed if plants are required. 
Tomato.—Plant out from seed-bed as 
many seedlings as may be required, and 
train the plants as they grow, providing 
supports at time of planting, 
Turnip.—Sow a little seed. 
Do not swamp the plants, but let the 
soil around them be permanently moist. 
Old plants can be kept in excellent con- 
dition if nof allowed to see , 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 5 
The Flower Garden. 
LILIUM EXIMUM. 
The Lily. 
[By J. Cronty-] 
Lilium —the lil, , designated the queen 
of bulbous flowering plants, is a genus of 
herbaceous perennials, found native, in 
temperate parts chiefly, in Europe, Asia, 
and America, a number of the finest kinds 
being natives of Japa» and California. 
There are about 50 distinct species in 
cultivation, in addition to which there 
are a number of varieties of the principal 
kinds. The lily is certainly one of the 
finest genera of plants cultivated, the 
principal factors that conduce to its high 
position in she esteem of horticulturists 
being the variation in height of the 
various species, the large and beautiful 
blooms of many and gorgeous shades of 
color, and the leng period during which 
the.many kinds produce thelr flowers. 
A few kinds are grown in gardens in 
many parts of the State, the most gene- 
rally noted be ng L. candidum (Madonna 
lily), L. longifolium (the Christinas lily), 
L. tigrinum (the Tiger lily), and L. speci- 
osum (commonly krown as the Japanese 
lily). ‘These kinds thrive under extreme 
conditions of climate and soil, and many 
others are equally hardy. In the hills 
fine clumps of various species are grown, 
including the splendid L, auratum (the 
golden-banded lily of Japan), and pro 
duce qaantities of beautiful flowers in 
season. In the 9ool districts many kinds 
of lilies would succeed, but would be 
difficult in the hotter parts of the State 
unless grown under special shade condi- 
tions. 
Som anp Srrvarion, 
The most suitable soil for the majority 
of lilies is a light and open loam: that is 
thoroughly drained. A few kinds require 
a sandy peaty soil to bring them to per- 
fection, but as a whole they thrive fairly 
In a sweet, unmanured, light garden soil. 
WATER LILY 
The most common cause of failure is un- 
doubtedly the addition of fermenting 
animal manures to the soil they are 
grown in. Poor soils benefit by the 
addition of leaf-mould, or some very old 
cow manure in moderate quantity, but 
even in such soils if unmanured a fair 
measure of success is certain; while, if 
heavily manured with gross manure, the 
bulbs are vearly sure to fail. 
A situation where the ground is shaded 
partially from hot sunshine is an impor- 
tant consideration. The majority of the 
lily family are fouud growing in forest 
regions, and in garden practice it is found 
that they thrive best when lightly shaded 
from hot sunshine by being planted among 
dwarf shrubs or plants, or protected by a 
trellis. The earliest blooming kinds flower 
in spring, others succeeding them during 
summer and early autumn, and root 
action again begins‘after the flower stems 
die. In mixed groups and borders where 
the soil is maintained in a cool condition 
during summer many kinds will succeed 
if undisturbed by digging and other gar- 
dening. operations, and the soil is sweet, 
fairly porous, and unmanured. An occa- 
sional top-dressing of well rotted leaf 
mould is beneficial. : 
PROPAGATION AND PLANTING. 
Lilies are propagated from offsets from 
the parent bulb—small bulbils that are 
produced in the axis of the leaves in 
somo kinds, and oceasionally, from scales 
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