Lilies for English gardensA guide for amateursCompiled from information published lately in "The Garden", with the addition of some original chapters . a plant forcool damp peat, though it has been found to dowell in peaty, well-drained soil that has but littlemoisture. The pale citron colour is very beautiful, and theslender stem, four to six feet high, carries the gracefulhanging flowers, with their conspicuous brown anthers,on stalks from four to six inches long. The root is not a round bulb, but is inclined to berhizomatous, though not so distinctly so as in anotherAmerican Lily, L. pardal
Lilies for English gardensA guide for amateursCompiled from information published lately in "The Garden", with the addition of some original chapters . a plant forcool damp peat, though it has been found to dowell in peaty, well-drained soil that has but littlemoisture. The pale citron colour is very beautiful, and theslender stem, four to six feet high, carries the gracefulhanging flowers, with their conspicuous brown anthers,on stalks from four to six inches long. The root is not a round bulb, but is inclined to berhizomatous, though not so distinctly so as in anotherAmerican Lily, L. pardalinmn. It has a delicate anddelicious scent, not unlike that of auratum, but lessheavy and overpowering. This Lily has not as yet been much grown; ahighly favourable account of it from a carefulamateur in Kent should be an encouragement totry it in all gardens where the suitable conditions ofpeat and moisture can be obtained. Mr. Carl Purdy says L. Parryi is not a bog home in California is at an elevation of fromseven to ten thousand feet, near streams and in alpinemeadows, in a soil two-thirds granitic sand and one-third peat or h^ ej ^ ^ (^ o c. li: t] 0 ^ a:; ^ t:^ h-H ^ ^ •-> --, o (i; f-. >~-i O c^ b o >-! o o tq N ^ aH^ CO A 1 ?--1 CO tin -^^ oo ..-9 O % .• *• * • .* * ^ (1.
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