14 THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. [January, 



by Cannart d'Hamale in Belgium, by Duchartre in France, and by Baker in this 

 country. It is tbe Synopsis of tbe latter botanist, as given in tlie Gardeners 

 Chronicle (1871), wliicli we propose to take as a guide in preparing the popular 

 sketch of the Lily family, to which this and some succeeding chapters will be 

 devoted. 



Mr. Baker divides the true Lilies — those with squamose bulbs, and a thick 

 bluntly three-lobed stigma — into four groups, which he distinguishes as follows : — 



EuLiEiON, comprising those species with funnol-shapecl llowers, having the filaments nearly 



parallel. Ex. L. candiduin. 

 Archeliriok. those with expanded flowers, having the ovate lanceolate segments retloxcl 



from near the base, and the filaments much divergent. Ex. L. tirjrinwn. 

 IsoLiRiON, those with erect bell-shaped flowers, having the filaments moderately divei-gont. 



Ex. L. bnlbifernm. 

 Martagox, those with drooping expanded flowers, having the lanceolate segments reflexed 



from near the base, and the filaments divergent. Ex. L. Martagon. 



It is in the second of these groups, Arclielirion, that the subject of our plate 

 belongs, and with this therefore we commence our history. 



We have just now stated that the Archdlrions have expanded flowers, and 

 widely divergent stamens. They form, in fact, a set to which the name Open- 

 flowered Lilies may also be applied. The blossoms take a horizontal or more or 

 less drooping position, and their divisions (perianth segments), which are broadest 

 below the middle and thus becomes ovate-lanceolate, spread outwards from near 

 the base, and become more or less reflexed, so as to fully expose the stamens with 

 their wide-spreading filaments. The species referred here are (1) Lilimn t'tgri- 

 num^ (2) L. speciosum^ and (3) L. auratitni. 



1. LiLiUM TiGRiNUM (Bot. Mag. t. 1237). — This plant, popularly known as 

 the Tiger Lily, is distinguished from the others of the group by its linear sessile 

 leaves, which are furnished with bulblets in their axils. It grows from 2 ft. to 4 ft. 

 high, and has erect blackish-purple stems, more or less clothed with cobwebby 

 white hairs. The leaves are scattered, numerous, generall}'' spreading, glossy 

 green, linear, with several (5-7) evident veins ; and in their axils appear the 

 small roundish or ovate characteristic blackish-purple bulblets. The flowers, 

 which are variable in number, according to the vigour of the plant, form an open 

 raceme, and are of a deep cinnabar-red, marked with very numerous small 

 blackish-purple spots ; the perianth segments are lance-ovate, having at the base 

 a groove bordered by two lines of pubescence, about which are scattered a few 

 warts or papillse. The pollen is orange-red, and the stigma deep purple. This 

 variety blooms in Jvily, some three weeks earlier than the larger forms. 



The Tiger Lily is a native of China and Japan, and was introduced to this 

 country in 1804. It is a very distinct and handsome plant, often met with in 

 great perfection in the gardens of cottagers. Of late years several fine varieties 

 have been brought into notice, and these quite eclipse the beauty of the original. 



L. TIGRINUM SPLENDENS (Flore des Ser7-es, t. 1931-2). — This is a very fine 

 variety, resembling that called Fortmiei in its habit and style of growth, as well as 

 in the grand pyramidal inflorescence, as many as twenty-five large flowers being, it 



