LILIUM TIGRINUM. 



Hot. Mag. 1237. 



Nvr. Oiu>kr.— LIMACK^— Lihpi.«. 



The " Dictiomiairc Clnssi<pie" rails this a beautiful rustic, now common enough, 

 though lirst introduced into the gardens of Eurojw Hy the English v scarcely 

 more 1 than twenty years ago. In the year 1810 it lirst (lowered, and was figured 

 in flic ItoL Magazine, and "a name borrowed for it from flic approaching edition 

 of the HortiH Kewensts.* 1 It succeeds lies! in the open ground, and eiiereases very 

 rapidly hy the bulbs produced on the stems, as well as by offsets from the old roots. 

 A stem growing near the small one here figured, in the garden at Fairfield, was 

 six feel high, and had on it nineteen ]K v rfcct (lowers. Each |>etal presents the elegant 

 contour of the Ionic volute, and their glowing orange-coloured ground, richly 

 embossed with raised dark spots, give a splendid appearance to the (lowers, the 

 effect of which is still farther heightened by the contrast of the very dark purple 

 stems, and whorls of green leaves. Native of China and Japan. K;vmpfer xav*, 

 that the "bulbs are eaten hy the Japanese; his description alone might have 

 satisfied us that this was the plant be had in view; hut upon referring to his 

 manuscript in the Kritish Museum* we found an excellent drawing, done with a 

 pen and ink by himself, accompanying the description/* — Vide Hoi Mag. No. 1237- 



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