give the name of L. speciosum Kempferi, because it was the 
indefatigable botanist Keempfer who first made it known to 
Europeans. For the second, with pure white flowers, I pre- 
serve the Japanese name Tametomo, which it bears in its own 
country, in consequence of having been first brought by that 
hero from the Loo choo islands, as the Japanese assert. The 
beauty and fragrance of the flowers of these two kinds rank 
them among the most magnificent of their genus; I should 
even say that L. speciosum Kempferi stood at the head of 
them all, if a variety of Lilium longiflorum, which I have 
seen in Japan, with flowers often 8 or 10 inches long, did 
not dispute the palm, on account of its sweetness. 
** L. speciosum Kempferi is cultivated all over Japan as 
an ornamental plant. Its true country is probably China, or 
rather Korai, if we may judge from its name Korai-juri, or 
Korai-lily. It flowers in May and June; in the Botanic 
Garden at Ghent, it did not flower in 1832 (the first time in 
Europe) till August. Like other kinds of Lily it is freely 
propagated by scales; it does not however bear bulbs in the 
axils of the leaves. It succeeds very well in a cold green- 
house, and even in the open air, if protected.” 
“ The variety Tametomo, although it has pleased some 
Botanists to make a peculiar species of it, under the name of 
L. eximium, differs, nevertheless, only in its flowers being 
quite white, and the leaves rather more distinctly stalked. 
According to some of the Japanese botanists it is found wild, 
not only in the Loo choo islands, but also in: the north of 
Japan ; but it has, perhaps, been confounded with L. japoni- 
m which is often wild in those countries."— Flora Japonica, 
. 33. 
I presume the Lilies called by the Belgians Z. Lebrous- 
sardi and L. punctatum, are both varieties of L. speciosum. 
In cultivation this is a handsome frame or half-hardy 
bulb, growing about three feet high, and flowering from the 
beginning of July to the end of September, according to the 
manner in which it is treated. The bulbs should be fresh 
potted or planted in a pit, well protected from wet, late in 
the autumn, or very early in the spring, in a mixture of 
sandy-peat, loam, and a small portion of well-rotted dung or 
leaf mould. 
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