16 FLORA HISTORICA. 



score flowers and more growing thick together on 

 one plant with me, and an hundred flowers on 

 another." This he calls the "Martagon Pompony, 

 and adds that it is of a yellowish red colour. The 

 Dutch florists carried the cultivation of this bulb to 

 great extent in the time of Parkinson ; and at the 

 present day it is not an uncommon sight to see in 

 Ghent a thousand plants of the Lilium Svperhum 

 in flower at one time, forming the most brilliant 

 effect of Lilies that can be conceived. 



The Superb Martagon, Lilium Superbum, is a 

 native of North America, and was first introduced 

 (according to Marty n) from Pennsylvania, by Peter 

 Collinson, Esq., in the year 1738, but Aiton makes 

 its introduction as early as 1727. As this and 

 some other of the JNIartagons are more tender than 

 the common Lilies^ it is advisable to cover the 

 bulbs with old tanner's bark or coal-ashes during 

 the winter, which may be removed after the frost is 

 over, and before the plants appear above ground. 

 Where these plants grow naturally, the roots are 

 frequently eaten as food, being first roasted under 

 the embers. 



The Tiger-spotted Lily, Tigrinum, is a native 

 of China : it was first brought to this country in 

 1804, and is found equally hardy with the otiier 

 Lilies of our garden. The Chinese call this flower 

 Keun Tan, and it is a plant on which they bestow 



