The Complete Garden

A landscape architect's working manual of 1921: not how to grow a plant but where to put it — the plant lists, the groupings, the seasons of bloom, and the reasons behind a designed garden.

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Colour Of (II)

AVERAGE HEIGHT FLOWER 。 tenuifolium June * + browni June, July D Bright scarlet I ft.

A Pure white inside, reddish brown out 2 to 3 ft. candidum June, July * 。 croceum June, July AC A Purest white 4 ft.

TABLE OF LILIES (Continued)
TABLE OF LILIES (Continued)

Deep orange 3 to 4 ft. maculatum (hansoni) June, July D Rich yellow spotted with black 3 to 4 ft. 。 martagon June, July D Purple 3 ft. * 。 elegans (umbellatum dahuricum) June, July C Variable pale yellow through orange to deepest crimson 2 ft. = canadense July D Variable in shades of yellow and red 3 ft. 。 * 。 chalcedonicum elegans cenus- July D Bright scarlet 3 to 4 ft. tum macranthum July C Orange 2 ft. testaceum (excelsum) July D Nankeen yellow, unique in colour effect 4 to 5 ft. grayi July + humboldti July B D Red, purple spots 4 ft.

D Yellow, purple, white 4 to 6 ft. longiflorum wilsoni July • martagon album July martagon dalmaticum + szovitzianum July July AD DD A White 3 to 4 ft.

Pure white 3 ft.

Dark blackish purple 4 to 6 ft.

Pale to deep yellow spotted with black 4 to 5 ft. + pardalinum July, August D Varies from orange to bright red 6 to 8 ft. = superbum July, August D Orange red to crimson, black spotted 6 to 8 ft. + auratum platyphyllum August C White, red spotted, * + auratum August C and yellow banded White, crimson spotted, yellow banded down centre 4 ft. of each petal 4 ft. + auratum virginale August White, yellow spotted yellow banded 4 ft. + auratum rubrovittatum August White, crimson band down each petal 4 ft.

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