MARTAGON (or Turk’s Cap) requires the same treatment as the Candidum, with the exception that a little sand should be added to the soil.

TIGRINUM (Tiger Lily) also receives the same treatment as the Madonna.  When the flower-stems grow up they throw out roots.  A few lumps of horse manure should be placed round for these roots to lay hold of.  They are increased by the tiny bulbs which form at the axis of the leaves of the flower-stem.  When these fall with a touch they are planted in rich, light earth, about 6 in. apart.  In four or five years’ time they will make fine bulbs.

AURATUM and SZOVITZIANUM (or Colchicum) thrive best in a deep, friable, loamy soil, which should be well stirred before planting.  If the soil is of a clayey nature it should be loosened to a depth of several feet, and fresh loam, coarse sand, and good peat or leaf-mould added, to make it sufficiently light.

For PARDALINUM (the Panther Lily) and SUPERBUM mix the garden soil with three parts peat and one part sand, and keep the ground moist.  They should occupy a rather shady position.

All the other varieties will succeed in any good garden soil enriched with leaf-mould or well-decayed manure.

For VALLOTA (Scarborough Lily), BELLADONNA, and FORMOSISSIMA (or Jacobean) Lilies, see “Amaryllis.”

For AFRICAN LILY, see “Agapanthus.”

For PERUVIAN LILIES, see “Alstromeria.”

For ST BERNARD’S and ST BRUNO’S LILIES, see “Anthericum.”

For CAFFRE LILIES, see “Clivias.”

Lily of the Valley.—­Set the roots in bunches 1 ft. apart, and before severe weather sets in cover them with a dressing of well-rotted manure.  They should not be disturbed, even by digging among the roots.  If grown in pots, they should be kept in a cool place and perfectly dry when their season is over:  by watering they will soon come into foliage and flower again.  For forcing put ten or twelve “buds” in a 5-in. pot—­any light soil will do—­plunge the pot in a sheltered part of the garden.  From this they may be removed to the forcing-house as required to be brought into bloom.  Plunge the pots in cocoa-nut fibre and maintain an even temperature of from 65 to 70 degrees.

Limnanthes Douglasii.—­Very elegant and beautiful hardy annuals, which are slightly fragrant.  They must be grown in a moist and shady situation.  The seeds ripen freely, and should be sown in autumn to produce bloom in June, or they may be sown in spring for flowering at a later period.  Height, 1 ft.

Linaria.—­These all do best in a light, sandy loam, and make good plants for rock-work.  L. Bipartita is suitable for an autumn sowing.  The other annuals are raised in spring.  L. Triornithophora is a biennial, and may be sown any time between April and June, or in August.  The hardy perennial, L. Alpina, should be sown in April, and if necessary transplanted in the autumn.  Linarias flower from July to September.  Height, 6 in. to 1 ft.