Lily. Can these be among the twenty species of Lily which 

 Dr. von Siebokl is said to have brought alive from Japan to 

 the Botanic Garden of Ghent ? 



Ksempfer learned that the Japanese had obtained this 

 species from Corea ; Thunberg saw it about Nagasaki and 

 elsewhere, but cultivated. 



In the gardens here it has obtained the wrong name of 

 L. lancifolium, which is a difl'erent species. Several accounts 

 of it appear to have been published in Belgium, it having 

 flowered at Ghent so long since as August, 1832, under the 

 care of the late excellent gardener, Mr. Mussche ; the only 

 account that I am acquainted with is that by Professor 

 Morren, where a detailed description will be found. 



The accompanying drawing, by Miss Drake, was made 

 in the nursery of the Messrs. RoUisson of Tooting, in 

 August last. 



I presume it requires the same treatment as Lilium japo- 

 nicum and longiflorum, which flower beautifully every year, 

 if planted in good light loamy soil, in a glazed pit, where 

 they are protected from wet and severe cold in winter. 



