Lilies for English gardensA guide for amateursCompiled from information published lately in "The Garden", with the addition of some original chapters . e it byrepeated hand-fertilisation. Increase by seed is rathera slow process, as flowering bulbs can hardly be ex-pected till seven years from the time of sowing. The plant that has flowered will have offsets ofseveral sizes, the largest of which will probably flowerin two years. The bulbs are planted quite shallow,only just underground; established ones show theirtops just above ground. In most gardens, though it does not appear to beneeded ev
Lilies for English gardensA guide for amateursCompiled from information published lately in "The Garden", with the addition of some original chapters . e it byrepeated hand-fertilisation. Increase by seed is rathera slow process, as flowering bulbs can hardly be ex-pected till seven years from the time of sowing. The plant that has flowered will have offsets ofseveral sizes, the largest of which will probably flowerin two years. The bulbs are planted quite shallow,only just underground; established ones show theirtops just above ground. In most gardens, though it does not appear to beneeded everywhere, care must be taken that the youngleaves do not suffer from late frosts. In the neigh-bourhood of London, and for some way to the southof that latitude, the young leafy growths need to beprotected by a few Fir boughs, or something that willbreak the frost without so closely covering theLilies as to draw and weaken them. Liliuni cordifolimn of Japan may be described asa poor kind of L. giganteum, and is so inferior to thisgrand thing, that unless it is an object to have a col-lection of as many kinds as may be, it is hardly LILIUM LOMClfLOKUM: WIUIL, [Six inches long by fuc inches wide.) CHAPTER III SUB-GENUS II LILIUM LONGIFLORUM (Japan), EulirionBermuda Lily This most beautiful Japanese Lily appears in ourgardens under the various names of Harrisi, eximium,Wzlsom, and grandiflorum. These are all good gardenvarieties of the same plant. The white trumpetflowers, borne one or two on a stem in the typeplant, but more numerously in the stronger kinds,have yellow anthers that help to give the flower anappearance of great purity, while its fine build givesan impression of consummate beauty of Lily form. An immense quantity are grown in Japan for ex-portation, so that the moderate price at which itmay be bought is an encouragement to free plant-ing. The fine variety Wilsoni is a plant of great vigour,often bearing six or eight flowers on a stem; grandi-florum i
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