The Golden State: Where & How to Live, Secure, Visit, Enjoy and Thrive in California
Landscape Gardening
LILY.—The noblest of flowering plants. Lilies should be scattered liberally in every flower border. They harmonize well with shrubs and herbaceous perennials, and the annuals may be mixed with them to great advantage. The following are a few of the best species for garden culture: L. auratum, Gold-banded Japan lily, one of the most popular and magnificent; flowers very large, white, banded with gold and spotted with red; requires replanting from time to time. I., browni one of the finest, bears three to four flowers, seven to eight inches long, chocolate brown outside, pure white within. L. canadense, the common meadow lily, hardy, abundant bloomer, useful, in several shades of red and yellow. L. clcyans, a very showy species, with large flowers in several shades of red and orange. L. batemanniae is especially showy and fine. L. grayi, a fine, delicate, native species, small flowers, red. L. hansoni, a strong and beautiful yellow lily especially adapted to growing under shrubbery. L. lumiboldti, very strong and handsome, bears large orange-red flowers. L. henryi, not very cheap, but one of the most magnificent; should be planted by everyone who can afford it; flowers large, orange. L.japonicum (Krameri,) large flowers of a very delicate pink tint, quite unique. L. longiflorum, a line, large, white lily. L. candid inn, the common white lily, nearly hardy, a free bloomer and very attractive. L. parda-linum, flowers orange, with lighter center, a good sort. L. regale is somewhat new to American gardens but has achieved a considerable popularity, of very easy culture. L. superbum, a strong native species, bearing large numbers of red or orange blossoms. L. speciosimi, one of the very best, especially the variety rubnim. L. tenuifolium, the Coral lily; somewhat dwarf,with many brilliant, coral-red blossoms; very desirable.
L. tigrimum, the well-known tiger lily; good. And there are many others. Most of these are better if covered in winter with a mulch.
LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY.—This old favorite grows best on the shady side of the house, or in a corner back of the porch, out of the sun. It is hardy and permanent wherever a spot can be found suited to its taste.
MONTBRETIA.—Looks something like a diminutive gladiolus, but is much more beautiful than such a description would suggest. Really a fine garden flower, hardy in California and the Gulf coast, and can readily be grown throughout the country by lifting the bulbs in winter as is the practice with gladiolus. Several good named varieties in various pleasing shades of red and yellow.
MUSCARI, Grape Hyacinths.—In various shades of blue, but all shades beautiful. One of the loveliest of all spring bulbs, and quite hardy and dependable. Indeed they frequently produce seed and come up self-
sown in the grass or border. Plant them liberally along walks, in the edges of shrubberies and in the general mixed borders.
