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of the bulbs. After the flowering is over 
and the stems die to the ground is the 
proper time to plant lilies and to effect 
an increase. The bulbs are practically 
dormant then. but soon begin to produce 
roots again for the following season, and 
an attempt to propagate after the roots 
are far advanced would result in damage 
to both bulb and offset. When the leaves 
cf the flower have been matured, the 
small bulbils occurring there on L, 
tigrinum and other kinds are ready for 
removal. They should be planted in beds 
of light soil, where they may be allowed 
to remain until large enough to produce 
fiowers, Propagation from the outer scales 
of the bulbs is resorted to by nurserymen 
to increase certain kinds The scales can 
be removed without damage to the bulbs 
and are sown in the manner of seeds when 
small bulbs are formed which are grown 
on as in the case of bulbils. 
Autumn is the general season for plant- 
ing most lilies. Trade growers lift the 
bulbs at the right season, replant the 
offsets at once, end store the bulbs in a 
cool dry place, often in dry sand, to 
retard root action. Where an increase of 
plants or patches is desired the plants 
should be lifted after blooming and death 
of the stem, and replanted at once, but 
unless an increase is wanted there is 
nothing to be gained by disturbing the 
bulbs. Lily bulbs should be planted at a 
depth of six or eight inches, according to 
size of bulbs, species, and soil conditions. 
Large bulbs of the taller-growing kinds 
may be planted at a depth of one foot 
with safety in hot but well drained soils. 
Fair room should be allowed for each 
bulb when grown in patches, about eight 
inches being sufficient for most kinds, 
In florists’ gardens some lilies are grown 
for the cut flower trade, the practice being 
to grow them in rows in cool soil and not 
to disturb them for years unless for sale 
of bulbs. 
Several species of lilies may be procured 
from the local nurserymen or seedsmen, 
_THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
Gladiolus. 
and will be found to be generally locally 
grown and acclimatised bulbs. Improving 
and acclimatising lilies and other bulbous 
plants is not an amateur’s work, and it is 
better to buy local bulbs. A fairly repre- 
sentative collection shouldi clude Liliums 
candidum, 'Brownii, croceum, Thunber- 
gianum, longiflorum, tigrinum and its 
varieties, splondens, and tigrinum ft. pl., 
auratum, pardalidum, speciosum. and 
varieties. j 
Plant Notes. 
ACHIMENES— When plants of achimenes 
are done flowering they may be placed on 
a shelf in a greenhouse until they show 
signs of going to rest by turning brown. 
Water should not be withheld until they 
got into the state referred to, otherwise 
the bulbs will be seriously injured for 
another year. When the tops have died 
down the tubers should be taken out of 
the pots and stored in sand in a place 
where the temperature will not fall much 
below 50 degrees during winter ; they are 
easily destroyed by dampness when stored 
away for the winter. 
New Geranium Dagara —Among the 
newer geraniums there are some of very 
special merit, especially in the Bruant 
race, and in Dagata we have an ideal 
variety the premier of the 1905 novelties 
and the grandest of all of M. Bruant’s 
many magnificent introductions, which 
are acknowledged to be the standard of 
geraniums all the world over and repre- 
sent the highest development of this 
plant at the present time. The plants 
are dwarf, robust but compact growers ; 
the foliage is extremely large, the leaves 
sometimes measuring 10-ins. in diameter, 
dark green with slight zone. The indi- 
vidual flowers are semi-double and mag- 
nificent in size and substance; the tresses 
are gigantic being as large as hydrangeas, 
and are produced in marvellous profusion 
on long stiff stems. The color is a re- 
oQses 3 All the leading varieties, half-standards, 1s. each 
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HARDY SHRUBS, Trees, Climbers, etc. 
BULBS, Hyacinth, Daffodil, “Anemone, 
SEEDS ;. 
getable and Flower. Agricultural, Horticultural Sundries in great yariet.y 
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a 
markable shade of rose mauve with a 
large blotch of white at the base of the 
upper petals, having the appearance of | 
a white throat. The plant has all the | 
good points of the Bruant race, such as 
perfect habit, growth, resistence to all 
temperatures, uninterrupted bloom, and 
ease of cultivation, making it the finest 
pink geranium that we bave for all pur- 
poses. We predict that it is the coming } 
pink geranium. It has been favorably 
commented on in the ‘Revue Horticole,’ 
the lesding French horticultural journal, 
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and won the highest honors at the Inter- 
national Floral Exposition in Liege. 
Veronica longifolius subsessilis is very 
beautiful, with its rich blue flowers ; 
this is one of the best plants of the 
border. 
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BEGONIA GRANDIFLORA ERECTA CRISTATA, 
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