Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-28 | Page 8 | In Your Own Garden

In Your V v MORE ABOUT LILY LILT CULTURE I Lilies which are content in the average garden soil include umbel umbel- regale and henry henryl I have had excellent success in my garden with all of these in a clay soil lightened before planting with sand Some have lave been put in the shade and I Isome some in fu full l sun When lilies are planted in sunny places however it is essential to Ito their well being that they be given givena 1 a ground cover or that they be put among other plants which have i leafy leaCy growths near the ground I like Ike to plant lilies which are the ones we call madonna lilies behind some of my choice peonies and in this way the bulbs get the ground round shade they like so much Also the lilies bloom after the peony eony flowers have hOlve faded and so lengthen the interesting period of that special spot in the garden lilies you know re require require re- re quire shallow planting only two Inches of soil above their bulb tips Almost all all of the other lilies need to be planted eight or ten inches deep Lilies have two days of ot sending out roots Some such as the candi candi- dum only send roots from the base of the bulb Others including regale and send out roots from the lower part of th their lr stems as well as from the base case of their bulbs and so this stem needs to be below belowground ground That is is isone isone one reason for lor the deep planting and another is that lily bulbs like to tobe tobe tobe be cool and moist conditions which are found 8 to 10 inches below betow ground They cannot endure being dried out in summer Never plant lilies singly put three bulbs together together- at the least and as s many more as you can afford afford afford af af- af- af ford to buy Two years ago I made madea a new planting in a 0 small garden which I was making out of what had been an old chicken run I was lucky enough to get a good price on n some lily bul bulbs sand and 1 I 1 planted plated these in m groups of five fi or seven in the center of ot a triangular planting planting- of peonies The three peonies in C each ch case were of the same variety and they made a lovely lo showing of oC color when they flowered Then the stems of the madonna lilies came up in the midst of the peony foliage and were gorgeous a week or ot two later when they were crowned by their alabaster trumpets You c can n have lilies in bloom al almost almost almost al- al most from the beginning to the end of the gardening season First to flower with me me is InJune in June Junc Then comes in July Jub the regale in August followed by and henryl I have found that these lilies not only grow with ordinary care but also Increase after a few years When I Ithe the spot where they were were planted I has become cr crowded with stems it itis itis is your bignal that they need divid divid- ing raI Take rake e them up in September or October separate the bulbs and nd re replant re- re plant You will often have three or four tour times the number of the origInal original original inal bulbs you planted Mrs H. H P. P na writ i Will Vill you jou OU please tell me me- how v to J o I sow lawn seed Is this a good time to plant it tI Ans The Ans-The The average lawn grass gras mixtures should be planted at th the rate of one pound to cach each square feet or you might put it a little thicker for extra quick results September Sep Sep- is usually considered the ideal time to make lawns in this thi I climate due to good germinating conditions and to the dews which I we enjoy nightly