Lilies for English gardensA guide for amateursCompiled from information published lately in "The Garden", with the addition of some original chapters . LILIUM POMfONIUM; SCARLET; {Two inches across.). CHAPTER VII SOME BEAUTIFUL WAYS OF GROWING LILIES The greater number of the Lilies look their best whenseen among shrubs and green growths of handsomefoliage. Their forms are so distinct as well as beautifulthat they are much best in separate groups amongquiet greenery—not combined with other flowers.This general rule is offered for consideration as appli-cable to Lilies of white, pink, lemon-yel
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Lilies for English gardensA guide for amateursCompiled from information published lately in "The Garden", with the addition of some original chapters . LILIUM POMfONIUM; SCARLET; {Two inches across.). CHAPTER VII SOME BEAUTIFUL WAYS OF GROWING LILIES The greater number of the Lilies look their best whenseen among shrubs and green growths of handsomefoliage. Their forms are so distinct as well as beautifulthat they are much best in separate groups amongquiet greenery—not combined with other flowers.This general rule is offered for consideration as appli-cable to Lilies of white, pink, lemon-yellow, or othertender colourings ; not so much to those that havescarlet and orange flowers. These are admirable incombination with many other garden flowers in themixed border and various garden spaces. The WhiteLily, also, which loves sunlight, is so old a gardenflower, and seems so naturally to accompany theCabbage Roses and late Dutch Honeysuckle andother old garden flowers of the early days of July, that one must allow that its place in our gardens isin combination with the other old favourites. But if it were a question of preparing a place forthe purest pleasure in the enjoyment of Lily