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gardens. It grows about 3 feet bigli, producing the greatest abundance of its 

 leaves at the roots and base of the stems. They are broadly lance-shaped, dimin- 

 ishing in size as they ascend the stem, and are arranged in a scattered alternate 

 manner. The flowers are pure white, with no warts internally ; are erect or nearly 

 so, long, bell-shaped, and open, but slightly if at all reflexed at the mouth, 

 [Native of the Levant. Flowers in June and July. There is a double-flowered 

 form in gardens under the name L. candidum flore-pleno, and there are two or 

 three sorts with different styles of variegated leaves, and there is a flowerless 

 form which produces in the place of the flowers a spiral spike of lance-shaped 

 pure-white leaves or bracts, which is more curious than ornamental. 



L. Catesbsei — Cateshifs Lily. — A very distinct species from Carolina. It grows 

 about 18 inches or 2 feet high. The stems are clothed with narrow, lance-shaped 

 leaves, irregularly and alternately disposed. The flowers are erect, large, and 

 open, with reflexed segments, yellow and spotted with dark brown in the centre, 

 and shading into deep red towards the extremities of the segments. Flowers in 

 July and August. 



L. chalcedonicum — Scarlet Ilartagon Lily. — This is an old inhabitant of gar- 

 dens. It grows from 3 to 4 feet high. The stems are well clothed with flat 

 lance-shaped leaves. The flowers are pendulous, with much-reflexed segments, 

 and are bright red or scarlet ; they open in July and August. Native of the Levant. 



L. dahuricum — Dalairian Lily. — This species resembles L. bulbiferum in its 

 large, erect, open, bell-shaped flowers, which are deep red, yellowish in the centre, 

 and dark-spotted. The leaves are lance-shaped, and the plant grows 2 or 3 feet 

 high. The flowers appear in July and August. Native of Dahuria. 



L. longiflorum — Long-flowei^ed White Lily. — This species grows about IS inches 

 or 2 feet high, with shining lance-shaped leaves. The flowers are large, long, 

 and bell-shaped, with spreading, but not reflexed, segments ; they are rather dull 

 white externally, but very pure white inside, and warted towards the base. 

 Flowers in June. Native of China. There are some varieties of this species 

 characterised by differences of stature and the size of the flowers, but, so far as I 

 am aware, there is no variation in the colour. 



L. Martagon — Mcu^tagon Lily. — This is another old inhabitant of gardens, and 

 is pretty well known under the name Turk's-Cap Lily. It grows about 3 feet 

 high. The leaves are oval, lance-shaped, arranged on the stems in whorls. The 

 flowers are pendulous, with much-reflexed segments, and are usually purplish red 

 or livid red ; and there is a white-flowered form also. Flowers in July and 

 August. Native of Germany, France, and Italy. 



L. monadelpliuin — Monadelijhous Lily. — This species grows about 3 feet high. 

 The leaves are lance-shaped, clothing the stems rather thickly. The flowers are 

 pendulous, pale yellow, or lemon-coloured, and spotted in the centre with deep 

 red ; the segments are reflexed. The stamens are, as the name implies, mona- 

 delphous, or united at the base. Flowers in July. Native of the Caucasus. 



L. pMladelpMcum — Philadelphian Lily. — This species grows about 4 feet high. 

 The leaves are in whorls. The flowers are erect, open, bell-shaped, deep orange 

 shading to yellow, and becoming spotted in the centre with dark-purple spots, 

 and the segments taper below into longish stalks. Flowers in July and August. 

 Native of North America. 



L. pomponium— Po??2^9onm?i Lily. — This species grows about 3 feet high. The 

 leaves are narrow, lance-shaped, blunt below, but becoming shorter and narrower 

 and sharply pointed above. The flowers are pendulous, the segments reflexed 

 and warted internally towards the base. Native of Siberia and south-eastern 

 Europe. Flowers in June. 



