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been observed of it tliat it is so mucli admired for its beauty and stateliness, for 

 the snowy whiteness of its flowers, and for their fragrance, as to be quite without 

 a rival. 



L. (c) PEREORiNUM (Sivcet, Brit. Fl. Gard., ser. ii., t. 367).— This plant has 

 been known in English gardens since the time of Miller, but does not appear to 

 have been met with, at least at any recent date, in an indigenous condition. 

 The plant is more slender than in typical L. caiididum, the loaves narrower and 

 fewer, the flowers smaller, with narrower, twisted, more distinctly clawed perianth 

 segments, which are, however, white, as in the type, to which it is much inferior 

 in beauty. Miller states that it came originally from Constantinople ; and Pro- 

 fessor Don suggests that it was thenco introduced to the Dutch gardens, whence 

 it found its way to this country, 



L. CANDiDUM STRIATUM. — This variety has been known since the days of 

 Miller, who remarks concerning it : — " The variety with variegated flowers has 

 been in England more than 40 years, but is now very common in most of the 

 gardens, and is by some persons esteemed for the variety of its purple stripes ; 

 but as the pure white of the flower is stained by the purple so as to appear of a 

 dull colour, many prefer the common White Lily to this." The flowers are marked 

 externally with reddish-brown or purple lines and spots. 



L. CANDiBUM FLORE-PLENO. — This variet}'', which has double flowers, is rather 

 to be prized as a curiosity than for its beauty. Miller says of it, that it is less 

 valuable than the others, because the flowers rarely open well unless they are 

 covered with glass to shelter them from rain and dew ; and when they are 

 developed, they want the agreeable odour of the single ones, " even when they 

 open the fairest ; for as by the multiplication of petals in the flowers the parts of 

 generation are destroyed, so there is a want of the fecundating powder from which 

 the odour is sent out." It is said to be of garden origin. This double-flowered 

 variety is said to have its peduncles elongated, and bearing on a length of 4 in. to 

 6 in. a large number of imbricated petaloid bodies disposed in a spike, and most 

 frequently of a greenish-white colour. Closely analogous to it, if indeed not 

 confounded with it, must be the L. c. spicatiim, the Lis a jleurs en epi of the 

 French, which, instead of bearing distinct perfect flowers, is said to have the 

 stem terminated by a long spike of white imbricated inodorous petals. 



L. CANDIDUM VABIEGATUM. — The peculiarity of this variety is its golden- 

 edged leaves. The leaves come up early in the autumn, and being of 

 spreading habit, and finely edged with broad yellow stripes, they make a 

 pretty appearance during the winter and spring months. The flowers are 

 white, like those of the type, but appear earlier in summer. Another varie- 

 gated variety has the leaves blotched with golden-yellow, but the marking is not 

 constant. 



Notwithstanding the sweet and delicious odour of the Lily in the garden, it 

 becomes deleterious when too freely inhaled in an apartment. Grave accidents, 

 and even death itself is reported to have resulted from individuals having remained 



