LILIUM JArONICUM. 



KKAiiEE S LTLY. 



J.-AVtm^W. llHii^V-fll &rt. Mas lSOM. Dflter Linn- Joiim. lol ^i-^- P- 350. 



Vx. W^ffJ<™jttf, liikcrn Linflr Johtil air. p. J32 ! 



Bulblit prnmnK parvus prfiformSs- Cjuli* l-S-pc^in. ffraciliv tc^i. plxb^r. FoU^ diractia. ^p^™. |L™ri.^«lH«lit=^ 

 ■™inL.«.li^b™iiwimej^(iuLiNi.fimri.vindin, S^^™^ t^H longft^fl-SUn. tfttd. l^rmacWEii icwftfll^QX bciiKiDtalt, 



^MUl iiifjDdil^ijlifu^tiit, nlbulmn ^d ™tMai>4-T poll hntfuai, c boM «d <flll<iiii Miuira [iiiiplmtur,i i ^i^wmdh tibl^iim^lito- 

 uhlc^n^l^ flore cssir;nsH>, UiHiDtc flijpcriorc fiiWlli lup™ mp'^^^^i H]iU:ncirLbiu IQ-lfi. ittH-ricrhui 15-20 Ipn. Iq^.i. FilaBimU 

 pwittTitlHn vulKlih|Jr> Itciv^ie ; 4mtlpi^* S-y liii. Lmpii, iwJkne njlnp^r OvarLum I polL lonpiai. stxlu LevKer declLTittc., 



Bult^ irariLl, ftVn^Lt 1-2 UKhcfl llikk, iH^^Srorov TrlLLthti. Skm 1-3 Tot t hiffli, cmt Slibroua L«in^ wntli^iiJ, |3in>ar-laiiccolnt*. 



4riitiiiQiit4^ ehcrtly pctinlpi 3-Micr™!, A-Z intlw^s lm*S, ft-10 litiwbiMd. Flawm L-5, wliilc *>r h«-ccilnHiftl, im»t- 

 HviitGd. F^rliirLtlh 4-j nii*H7fl InMiffs BtispcnJ likL^ lliijt nf /- rtjjmr4uri. I'iLimcnl^ will] llu^ nolhcra Bhortw tlion llie 

 IrfplMith I pnthrr* Lnn-E, witii icd poll™. OvAi> 1 inch loij: ?tjlt FLitfhtlj dtdiiiod ; njnnl^i bluntlif unglt-d, alrtut an inch 

 RTid ^ balf king. 



TILIL: cli^riuinq [.Lly titrt d^^Cllh^d Ifca^ a curiQLl9 hlslnrjH nnd aSurda ail adclltinnal prouf of tht nece^it^ 

 ■*" ori>tud}ii]-r^nL-th L^L.Mlt-^ fmm lining r^ithiT ihflri fnim clntd apeclm^ll-^- ^Vlit^ii mCn^Juucd Lu Eiini^K- 



ji few jcHj-ft fl^rt U wn^ f-nn^dtrtJ lI hCW SjJfcica, uihJ tl;;nn--Hi a* aurla in Uh4> ' Itutjiakjl M^ji^Uiiht:.' 

 PitoFHK^oK MASLMrtwtCK> 41" hi-^iuj; tllfi plwit !]] HuWcF oL Mk, \Vli.>:"^'h m IS75p [oW rae lh*t it wai 

 kniran to hltn in JipmH and liud been rt^Jinl<jd ni* A. yfl/j[>Nj>Njr] uf I'lmiilwrs Tu t]sake this ccrt^n. 

 Mn. 14a¥eii whk ^-Hjod ftn>uifh to |irocicrCf tlinansli ihe hindtHSH uf Fhoi^. AhSftCHDUGp of Up^la, the 

 n|]4J4;i]nEjn^ of Lilhi:b clhIU^-IlcI Ijv Thi;kbero in Jii)>ftti, fllii^r rsaminii]; ^vtilch u^e boili fl^rreerl that the original 

 |p|vhL ihni]]cd jii^«NjV<iw by liim wa^ Identical with ^vhiit llfid hklicrlo Ijctu knowia u ffrflFJW^th -intl notp a^ wa^ 

 «up|johcd^ ^Lth Ij. /!r^4rvpi\ 



1 iiave little doubt tl]at the Lily cle?.ctil>ed a^ /^. ieV-rJoNfln, from a drawing ma<!c by Mk IFaxscs of 

 New York, atidklndlv ^M mi: liy him^ mui-l ulsc* be rtfnirred to thK ^pccn^^ i fur thouish I kait: not sctci thu plant 

 from wbioh tllt drawLna w5l< iihjde^ I have seen formr* of £. jjipi^riUtim very cloecly rcscmhliaig ]t. Uoth 

 L. Kfflfltnp jicllI /._ SrJWWTNrt liF^ve h^^n Euppu^ to be hybrids; but from ivIinL 1 met kam abiiUt Ult 

 plint In Its native countrj", 1 think tlicrt U ILttb doLlbt thlH it is a di^titicl specie^, octurrmy abiiCLclantly In ffome 

 part^ cnf -^Qiithcn] Jjipiu. 



FnoFKKt^Da Mamuoi^ic^ dicl noL see It hamsctf in a wild filati, but had it brought him from a 

 4:oiKidcrabk rltv^Lion Iti the mnnntain'^ of i^cnanon ^n ^ht: Inland of Nlp^^on l nnti Mh. IV lIoGO, nn AmerJetiik 

 gcntl^^n^n nhn hai srnt hnniE In^c E|uuititica uf billbd uf lliL^ |>1anU 9aj9 that it ^row& wild near Lake 

 Biva, on the hillEi of KluLq. tu SukiLb-A^c^t Japut. 



Until ISrC [t wa^, ui^iihg lo tbc diHit^ulty urim[Hjrting eU ^mblL aiiJ rat1]er clflicatG bulthi slUve^ one of lltt 

 rarest LilWs in oitr gardtnn, biht largp hnpurtHLLloias ha^LLt;; hwn ftCrlvetl in fil^t-iate -.-ondltion clurloG;: the 

 In^l two sea^n^, it hn'> l>cen soltl at H nhurc mcpcl^rate price Lhan forrnerU", aihfl ha^ b^TTome better biko^n. 

 If hKiUhy bulbfl can be prucur^, theii; seemt^ to be no particnkr [liAlfully about Bro^ving tlienin though 

 L iihhl^t cLHutn^'Ss that tio one haSp lo ui} kuuw]4;d)^^ riv^kjkd Mitr ^ViL^oN ill bi^ sut:g4±ufjl LreaLiuLELL of Lhib Lily. 



In bU baiid^ \i atuln^ a bi^ii^bL of 3 TulL, ar ±\'^a mon?, .iikcl prrHlu4:<^ one to r^ur 4>r ^ir tlower^ of a great 

 lize and bir'auly , but ntore i^nimonlyp in my own garden, hL assumes much dwarlcr proportiDnSp an In 



