Lily. Can these be among the twenty species of Lily which 
Dr. von Siebold is said to have brought alive from Japan to 
the Botanic Garden of Ghent ? 
Kempfer learned that the Japanese had obtained this 
species from Corea ; Thunberg saw it about Nagasaki and 
elsewhere, but cultivated. 
In the gardens here it has obtained the wrong name of 
L. lancifolium, which is a different species. Several accounts 
of it appear to have been published in Belgium, it having 
flowered at Ghent so long since as August, 1832, under the 
care of the late excellent gardener, Mr. Mussche ; the only 
account that I am acquainted with is that by Professor 
Morren, where a detailed description will be found. 
The accompanying drawing, by Miss Drake, was made 
in the nursery of the Messrs. Rollisson of Tooting, in 
August last. 
I presume it requires the same treatment as Lilium japo- 
nicum and longiflorum, which flower beautifully every year, 
if planted in good light loamy soil, in a glazed pit, where 
they are protected from wet and severe cold in winter. 
