50 THE FLOEIST AND POMOLOGIST. [March, 



conservatory decoration, though, equally hardy with its ally, L. auratum. Of the 

 numerous varieties in cultivation, the most distinct are noted below. 



L. SPECIOSUM EOSEUM (PaxtoTi's Mag. V, 1). — The above description applies to 

 what is regarded as the tj'pe of the species — a richly-coloured flower with bluntish 

 sepals, distinctly bordered with white, and superbly spotted. Other green-stemmed 

 forms, doubtless raised from seed, and therefore varying among themselves, but 

 with longer perianth segments, of a pleasing blush or rosy hue, and nicely spotted. 

 bear the name of roseum. This, too, is a very beautiful fomi, but not equal to 

 the type, which is comparatively rare. 



L. SPECIOSUM RUBRUM. — This variety resembles roseum in the character of its 

 flowers, the chief difference between them being that the stems are purplish- 

 brown instead of green. In many cases they are probably not distinguished from 

 each other, but are grown indifferently as representing the high-coloured type. 



L. SPECIOSUM PUNCTATUM (Pcixton s Mctg. V. 267). — This variety, which 

 bears the Japanese name of Tametomo, and has also been called Broussartiiy 

 albijlonim, and lancifolium roseum in gardens, is distinguished by having green, 

 stems, and white flowers dotted with rose-coloured spots. It is probably often 

 grown indifferently with the following. 



L. SPECIOSUM ALBUM. — 111 this Variety the flowers are white and but slightly 

 spotted, much like those of punctatum, from which it differs mainly in having 

 the stems of a purplish-brown colour. 



L. SPECIOSUM VESTALE. — This Lily, which is probably a garden variety, has 

 green stems, and pure white unspotted flowers. 



Besides the foregoing, which are fairly distinct types of varieties, but which 

 on account of propagation by seeds may not exactly represent every form to be 

 met with in gardens, there is a race, sometimes called fasciatum, sometimes 

 co7'i/mbiJlo}'um, in which the stems ai-e fasciated near the top, a condition which 

 results in a more crowded inflorescence than that of plants of normal development. 

 It is, however, a constant peculiarity, and occurs both among the red-flowered 

 and white-flowered series, the former being the L. speciosum fasciatitm rubrum, 

 the latter the L. speciosum fasciatum album of gardens. 



Attempts have been made to cross this fine Lily with L. auratum, but appar- 

 ently with little result. A variety, however, the aspect of which is affirmative 

 of this origin, which has been attributed to it, was exhibited in 1870, by Mr. G. 

 Thomson, of Stansted Park, under the name of Purity ; the flowers in this 

 case were of large size, white dotted with carmine, the perianth segments being 

 spread out more than in the type forms. The foliage resembled that of L. 

 auratum, between which, and the deep red form of L. sjieciosurn, it was said to 

 have been raised. 



3. LiLiuM AUEATUM (Bot. Mag. t. 5338; Florist, 18G2, 129).— To the 

 introduction of this magnificent Lily may no doubt be attributed, in great 

 measure, the revival of a public taste for these flowers. Its nearest affinity is 

 with L. speciosum, from which, however, it differs in its narrower foliage, and 



