Show Along the Garden Path I LILIES This very month Is s the time to plant your Madonna Lilies or as they are arc bo- bo called And if IC your garden is lacking f in fri this lovely flower you must not riot let this month go by without without without with with- out adding them to your our flower border order Many people have a avoided aided plantIng planting plant plant- Ing lilies bellev believing ng that they arc are difficult to grow blOW This belief baHet has arisen because there are aro some varieties vail vari eUe of ot lilies which do not like Jlko a alime alime alime lime soil soli and thrive under acid con con- It is folly to try to make these thee varieties grow SToW in our gardens here herc But we should devote our- our S. S to o those tho which h will wit grow in soil and are Known to tobe tobe tobe be thrifty In this class falls taIls the Madonna Lily p t This stately lily Illy is perhaps theold the old oldest cst In existence and certainly Is the best besl known of all the tho different different different differ differ- ent kinds It is not at all hard to grow or particular as to the kind of 01 soil except that it likes a well well- drained garden loam Joam When you OU plant the tho bulbs In the ground cover them with about three inches of 01 soil Do not use artificial fertilizers In the soil or manure Best re results results re- re suits are obtained when Granulated Peat Moss 1 is used as a mulch on top of or the ground and also a few inches below the bulb to retain the moisture Half Halt of ot the Joy in planting the garden gafden with these lovely flowers is isto isto to make attractive color groups with with tho the many different varieties va a va- va of oC plants In In using these Madonna Lilies near Blue Delphinium Delphin Delphin- ium one i Is sure to get a a. most bc beautiful beautiful beau beau- u- u combination Dont Don't be sparIng spar- spar big Ing in your our planting of these bulbs but make plantings in clumps of or a dozen or so at various arlous places throughout the border Then you will wiH know what a ajoy Joy it is to have lilies in the garden arden |