Show v. 1 You Yau and Your Garden Its It's Still Not Too Late To Plant Your Lilies Lilies' j By GenevIeve e H. H Folsom If you haven't enjoyed cd a few lilies in your garden you have been missing a real floral treat It is not too late this month to plant bulbs of the summer flowering flowering flowering flower flower- ing lilies Madonna lilies should be planted in the fall but most moat of the other lilies can be planted either cither in the fall or spring Properly planted lilies will give years of beauty with little attention Plant Pant lilies in well drained soil Good drainage I is a must Put two inches of sand under tinder the bulbs and plant 6 to 8 S inches deep or so 80 the top of each bulb is covered Have a Question Readers may obtain help in solving their garden problems through this column Questions Ques concerning planting care and planning of or gardens may maybe maybe maybe be sent to Mrs Genevieve H. H Folsom Telegram garden editor edi edt tor Salt Lake Telegram Salt Lake City 10 All questions will sill be answered in the colU col col- col- col inn U with soil three times Umes its depth Bulbs are heavy feeders and since they generally remain undisturbed in the thc same place for years it is necessary to incorporate ample nourishment into the prepared soil beneath the bulbs where the roots are arc to feed To prepare soil son for lilies mix peat moss with the existing existing existing ex ex- ex- ex garden soil This should be bedone bedone bedone done by mixing 50 soil with 50 peat moss When hen soil and peat I moss are mixed add you favorite plant food at about the rate 0 of f one pound to each bushel of earth I Lilies should be p planted I 1 a a. n t e d in ht groups of three to six among perennials perennials pe pe- pe- pe 1 between peonies or shrub shrub- i bery berYl Practically all lilies thrive in sun sun or partial shade They I like to ha have hae e cool roots Try some I white lily llly such as the Estate or Regal among the he blue delphinium in your garden For lilies that will vill bloom in your garden this year choose from these The new Estate lily which i is I like the Easter lily lUy is large fragrant fragrant frag frag- rant and pure pure white Grows 2 24 to 3 feet tall and blooms just after the Regal lily The Regal lily is one of the most dependable and easy to grow I After it is established it is not uncommon to see clusters of 20 I I flowers on one stem The exquisite exquisite ex ex- I flowers arc fragrant white whits in color with a golden throat and anti tinged pink on the outside lily has large pink ink booms blooms edged white They bloom bloomin in Au September August on stems 3 to 4 feet tall taU Philippine lily blooms in the late summer and fall faIl The beautiful white flowers are 7 to 8 inches long Lilies in your garden will bring added beauty with little care |