Lilies for English gardensA guide for amateursCompiled from information published lately in "The Garden", with the addition of some original chapters . nd adjoining the garden,an excellent place to grow these Lilies is in Rhodo-dendron or Azalea beds, or any bed where the soil iscool and peaty, and where the young growths will beprotected by something bushy. In exposed gardensthey suffer from the May frosts. They must not,of course, be actually smothered by the protectingbushes, but they will still do quite well, and maketheir way through, when the branches of the adjoin-ing bushes first meet.
Lilies for English gardensA guide for amateursCompiled from information published lately in "The Garden", with the addition of some original chapters . nd adjoining the garden,an excellent place to grow these Lilies is in Rhodo-dendron or Azalea beds, or any bed where the soil iscool and peaty, and where the young growths will beprotected by something bushy. In exposed gardensthey suffer from the May frosts. They must not,of course, be actually smothered by the protectingbushes, but they will still do quite well, and maketheir way through, when the branches of the adjoin-ing bushes first meet. If the root is cool the top will bear much more sun-shine, but the shaded, woody spots are where it looksbest. This grand Lily well planted and left alone forthree years will probably then be at its best; afterthis the bulbs will be likely to have increased so muchthat it will be well to divide them. Field mice are mischievous enemies, eating off thetops of the young shoots when they are a few inchesout of the ground. Sometimes one may see naked-topped stems rising a foot or two with the leafy topgone. This damage may generally be attributed to. -Cs (^ :2: 1=!; M -^ hi !^ -§^ ^ <i s^l o [Jm -2-1 O -. to tjq [-H?th ^ -S ^ •^ l-< ii< tlf~~* K^ — ^ ^ o ^ ^ - ti! O .^rj ft^
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