LILIUM LOXGTFLOBCM, 



Nat. Ohdkk— L1L1AC.K.— Lisdley. 



Bat. 9fag, 560. 



Stku, nearly llirro fpfl high, bearing from two to five flower* of ft VOTJT 

 pun? white, the lube considerably elongated mul alightly shaded n illi pale green ; 

 tin* while length of Ihe flower i* seven inches; very Ira^ninL The leaves are 

 BCattcred round tin* stem, hut more numerous and larger Hum thoc*e of Lilium 

 Candidum, bright green, dark on the upper sarfacci lighter beneath, marked 

 with about seven longitudinal ribs; Ihey become somewhat Manlier tominls 

 the base of Ihe Mem. There were no radical leaves lo the plant from which 

 this specimen wits taken. II belonged lo Mr*. Howard Cropper, aiul was 

 shewn as a prize-llmver, at the meeting of tin.* Liverpool Floral and llorli- 

 culturnl Society, 2Mb May, is-ii), when tin* permission was most obligingly 

 granted lo Mr. Hitmiy Siikpiikhi), to rot tin* luxuriau) stem of flowers 

 here represented. In tin- Botanical U^j/ister it is Miid in have been "first 

 introduced from China, hy Ihe Horlicultural Society, hi whose cous*crvatOry 

 it flowered ia May. 18-21/' bearing only one flower, half Ihe size of those 

 on the present plant. 





