10 APRIL 1953, Page 16

An African Lily

Sm,—Because Sir Compton Mackenzie writes of the accurate informa- tion to be found in Mrs. Constable Maxwell's evidently enchanting book, Lilies in Their Homes, I feel impelled to join issue, albeit very mildly, with the statement that " lilies are not found in Africa." Nicholson's Dictionary of Gardening records: " Agapanthus. Ord. Liliaceae. African Lily." If this beautiful native of the Cape of Good