The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-05

They will be quite at home now in the
sitting room. Put one bulb 10 elk inch pot.
Plant three inches deep.
l.. LongifOrum is pure white, very fragrant,
and trumpet-shaped. Although hardy, 1t IL
not quite 30 much 80 as Candidum. IL can also
be forced in winter, following directions given
above.
Although any of the Lilies l am describing
may be cultivated either in pots or in the gar
den, the following sorts are, as general rule,
and in my own garden, grown In beds. The
best time to plant them is in the fall, when
they are sure to bloom next summer; also in
the spring, not later than May The Luy-bed
should be covered with very rotten manure be-
fore winter sets In. In spring the manure may
be removed or dug in between the rows.
japan Lilies. OF this variety grow two kinds
Album Pine white and Roseum white and
red spotted. They too, are very sweet scent
ed. Besides these, there are Martagon or
Turks Cap, the double and single Tiger Lilies,
the Orange Lily with flower stalks four feet
high besides several others. 1 have simply
named such as l know will give satisfaction. i
shall plant in my garden q choice collection of
the Californian Lilies this fall, and another
year, II live till then, may tell you some
thing about them, not by hearsay, but Of my
own knowledge.
Closely allied to the Lily is the Amaryllis
family, indeed some Of them are known as
Lilies. have already told you in these letters
how easily the Amaryllis is cultivated, and
that their large, dropping, bell-shaped flowers,
varying in color from richest crimson to pure
white, may with little management be had
the whole year round. There is scarcely q
more desirable plant in conservatory than an
Amaryllis of any kind.
A. Atanasco has bloomed with me the whole
summer in the open ground. Very soon l will
take them up, and, after six weeks rest, re-
plant them two bulbs two four inch pot at in
tervals of two weeks apart, and thus get flow
ers from them until May, rich pink flowers.
A. Fermosstsima (Jacobean Lily can be grown
in the same manner. A popularity of this one
is that the rich crimson flowers appear before
the leaves. The varieties Vallota, Johnsoni,
and others, are greenhouse plants, the treat
ment of which have already gwen.
In answer to several correspondents, will
describe Cyctdnen persicun. Imagine you see
a plant in small pot, covered with tuft of
heart shaped leaves, from which are thrown mp
aquantty Of foot-stalks surmouitted by chaste,
neat little flowers usually white tipped with
purple at the base. The flowers generally last
about two months. In potting the bulb, place
it on the Surface Of the soil, in which a tea
spoonful Of SCOT may be mixed. Keep in cool
window until the leaves are grown, giving but
little water, and az the flowers begin to appear
put in a sunny window as near the glass as pos
sible. After Towering, withhold water let the
leaves die down and the bulb so TO rest until
next autumn.
Speaking of autumn, reminds me that many
hardy ANIMALS may be sown in the fall We all
know that plants raised from self-sown seed
give us the earliest flowers The seeds living
in the ground are ready to start at the first
breath of the spring Mr.. RENNIE.
HiNsDALE, Dupage Co., Ill.