14 FLORA HISTORICA. 



land." He farther tells us, that he received roots 

 of White Lilies from Constantinople, under the 

 Turkish title of Sultan Zambach, which means 

 Sultan's great White Flowers ; but these appear 

 to have been only a stronger variety of the same 

 plant. 



The Greeks named this flower Asi^iov and 

 K^iuov. The English name is derived from the 

 Latin, as is also the French Lis, the Spanish 

 Lirio, the German Lilie, the Italian Giglio, and 

 the Dutch Gilgen, seem also to be corruptions of 

 the same word. 



The White Lily is of so easy a cultivation 

 that it will prosper in almost any soil and si- 

 tuation; and as it increases readily by offsets 

 from the parent-bulb, it is become a common 

 inmate in most cottage gardens, and hence held 

 in less esteem than many inferior flowers, which 

 the difficulty of propagation renders rare, and 

 consequently valuable. 



The offsets should be removed from the old 

 bulb every third year, and the month of August 

 is the proper season for transplanting them. They 

 should be covered with about five inches' depth 

 of earth, but on no account should they be re- 

 moved in the spring of the year, as this is found 

 to check their flowering for several years. 



As this species of Lily sends up a stem of 



