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coutpli^t^ ai^eI useful Acca^inl of tliP gcnu^ until quite n^nnLly, o^ it mcliid«9 nil Siebold^s diseoTfritf^ ^nd, 

 hH^TiR the worlc of 4 "^hillc^l 1]DrlEcuUurlst and fnir botdDiBt> ^as based on rarcful ^bwrvntjoiis of ILvLnf; pLautA, 

 vhich, B-? 1 h&v4! before ^oid^ arc indispensable for [be fiLud) of Litics. 



Ill 1S7U, Phofe^sou DuL:itAUTni^ of Pdrlitr n^s attracted by the uue^uaUed tullecLlan cf Iitiul^ Litiet 

 fOriueJ by Ukhr Max LpEciiXLix, of C&rlaruhe ; atlcV ^labiu^ to make them belter known to the liartKulturj^i 

 AUii Acicntilic worM^ hi^ puhhthLd, m the second ai^rlcs of Hie JournnI of the ^ Sodulu Centruic d'HortieuUut^ ' of 

 [^ilcCj his " ObKrvtilions aur le Genre Lis" nn claijorale wid most careful piiper^ of 1.1-2 ps^es, in wbieh the 

 historv find pln'^tLliCELLinn of the ^tnUK [h L]ai]arated wWh mUch di^tall, B]]d carsrilk d4:?cri]]tJon?: Li Frcneli Are 

 ghV4:ti of all tlie speetes thei) kno^^Tir 



AbouE the same tiEoe Mar J. Gr R^XERp of KeWp published, in a Bcries of arlieles in the * GTirdeners' 

 Chronicle' for lti71, a synopsis of the ^enu'^p ivhieli ha^ hnd an enomiou"^ influence tn mnlcmg U beller kno^^th 



and ^ippre^utfd 1]y hociLczulliln^tbp and ^liL'^ the pdnripal ^Lde I hjd in tnhjng Up it^ ^ttidy. 



The direct result of the Inbour^ of ME^ic^r LmcHTitSr DuciiAnTREp and Hakrh ha±P ijeei no greal 

 thiit I dn n4^t tliink there i^ any genua of plants ha^in^ h^ e^tri'n^iVL o range ^T dV^rHbaliona ^hieb hzs 

 LccaL etudted wkL as mueh eomph'tent^s, or ohout whieh eo littli^ remains to 1^ dLb^ov^n^d, as tli^ LilWtj 

 aijd, ihoui^h there is much lo be done before the minulire of their dev^lopineLiE iiud %j^rLjtiou ejin be ^oid 

 to lie ftiily kiHi^-n^ jT>I I du nL>L il]mk the piLblicplJon of a Monogmph on them is so premature u it 

 wotdd be in the eai^ uf luo-^t other wide'ratiKii^i^ i^^tiera of plants. 



ruQF. Seheko Watson hrn^ rcecnEly pnbliAhcdp ui the fourW?tilh volume of the ^ Proeee^Ehiu^ af the 

 Amtripau Aeudtmy of Arta Eind Soence?/ JllIj inr^i a Revision of the Xorth^j\mL-tiean Lillaoeie^ wbieli glvei^ 

 a ct>tii|ikte dt-sci^pllon of tbu LUie^ of UiaL counLrjp and uhcLl], I am ylaiL Lo see, agrees ver)' iieurty whh my 

 CH^ueluAJons as to tbe Jipecsen and vjirittii-ft. 



Ik&ides the writers already mentloiiedi th( 1^14 Paop. Kai^Ip Kocie has pu1>ll:^hc:d^ hi the 'Woehcu- 

 fichrll^ fiir Gjivtnere] unci Plla]]zenku[LdL2 ' fur Jul} aud Au^^u^it IS'O, a memoir of the ^tlUtt> in which h^ ^LVe^ 



a key to tlacir cla^l float Loiip tot^ther ^vith criUcal note^ on thtir ^jnociymy aud dlj^trlhutLon. 



Mr. Jr II- Kai^i-ACE^ of Haarlemi ^lio^e nurheries probably oontom a largur uumbEzr of Lilies than any 

 oEbem in thp ^vorld, has published a ' Notiet £ut quelfjues c^ets tt varift^^ de LiSp" ia nhieh several s|je«ieti are 

 dL^cnbi^l and ^i|ured— LFhoti;; ihem /^ iHu^^ £. /litmhfdii^ atid £. if^i?\fiiuJlor€ pl^n^. 



In Amettea^ Ur. Ki£LL0G<3 baa deM;ribed M:%4:ral of the weftteni tipeeies in the ' L*rtRT.-cdi]]^pi of tlLe 

 Califon]Lif Academy of Nalujml Scititce;^ aud mauy uotes on hjbridi^tion and oultivalion have appeartd 

 in v^irious perifldicjilfi. 



like honiculEural juurEiuhi of LhL limt few }>:aM, cdptcially Llie ^Gflfdnun' Chronicle' and the' Garden/ 

 alfio contain au immense number of valuable i^ote? coui;trnMig lihe-^- 



As a strictly ^lenlilic accou]it nf the genu^, Mit. B^vkr^ Rj-^vUloel of the- Tulipvn.^^ in the 'Journal of 

 the LinuEin SnciLtj ' Ebr IH71h is preeminent. 1IU remarks on the aHiaities, relattons^ aud morpl^ology of the 

 penns cannot be neglected li^ onj uiie wlghing to uvder^laiad Litem LburuughlyH 



Prof- DrrnAHTRE, of Paris, has publi^hrd, iih the ^ DiblLOLbtc|uc de Pficole des HauCe^ l^tudc^/ 

 tqL tu. \^7'^, and ^oL eiv^ Ifi'A* t^o mo^t remarkable uiemoir^ on the bulbs oT Lilies^ in which the vartOLir 

 atapL-fr of tJaeir de^tlopment frocn thAz *ieed are mo^t carefully described and flared with extreme care and 

 minuteness. An mccllcnt seriea of dimwin^ of Lht bulli» of Ldie^ In their adult state hu been madr 

 by Silh. QoRaiDOR, aud was puUh^hed in 'The Garden' in I8?6. 



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