LILLIES OF THE VALLEY

Evening Star, Issue 20132, 23 March 1929, Page 24

LILLIES OF THE VALLEY

TOR INDOOR DECORATION. All bough the fragrant while bells of the graceful lily-of-the-valley are dearly prized by all lovers of flowers, it is not always realised how easily a supply of these delightful blooms may be grown for indoor decoration in bowls of bull) fibre. Retarded lily-of-tbe-valley crowns should be used when early flowers are desired, and, after planting, should be kept in semidarkness until the shoots are about Gin high. They may then ho brought into the light, avoiding a sunny position. however. Water should bo given sparingly until growth begins, and freshly afterwards. If ordinary crowns are lifted from the garden in May. and a clump or about a, dozen single bulbs are planted in a mixture of good soil and leaf-mould in a. welldrained Gin flower pot, they may he stood in a cold frame or position and covered with an inverted flower pot until July, water being given when necessary. They .may then be brought into a greenhouse or indoors to stand in a, window with, a coo! lacing, where thc\ r will flower naturally.