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LlLIUM testaceum. 

 Yellow Japan Lily. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Liliack,*;. 



LILIUM. Botanical Register, vol. 2. fol. 132. 



Sect. Martagon, Perigonii foliola sessilia, revoluta, sulco nectarifero 

 distincta. Endl. gen. 141. 

 L. testaceum ; foliis sparsis lanceolatis, floribus cernuis terminalibus peduii- 

 culis rigidis brevioribus, perigonii foliolis intus lfeviusculis v. parum 

 papillosis staminibus multd longioribus. 

 L. testaceum. Bot. Beg. 1842, misc. 51. 



With the exception of the short notice in our work, last 

 year, in the place above quoted, we find no account of this 

 plant, our figure of which was made in the nursery of Messrs, 

 Kollissons, of Tooting, in June last. 



It is said to be a Japanese species, and although very infe- 

 rior in point of beauty to L. speciosuni, Thunbergianum, and 

 their varieties, is a plant that well deserves to be cultivated. 



It is a handsome frame or half-hardy bulb, growing best 

 when planted out in a cold pit, where the bulbs can be kept 

 dry during winter. 



It should be planted in the pit in autumn, or very early in 

 spring, and when once established should not be afterwards 

 disturbed, for- all these plants suffer injury hy removal, in 

 consequence of the loss of their tender perennial fibres, and 

 by the bulbs becoming dry. 



Whether planted or potted, the bulbs should be placed 

 rather deep, because they make fibres above the bulb as well 

 as below it ; and when they must be shifted it should be done 

 while they are dormant. The greatest care should be taken 

 during the operation of turning them out of the pots, and 



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