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THE NEW JAPAN LILIES. 



Pig. 7. L 



which may be compared to frost work and 

 snowy stalactites ; grows to the height of 

 three or four feet. 



LILIUM LANCIFOLIUM PUNCTATUM, OR ROSEUM. 



Spotted Lance-leaved Lily. 



Flower large, white ; the petals studded 

 with pale rose or blush projections, and 

 beautifully spotted Avith rose-color. The 

 plant is of more robust habit than either 

 of the sorts named above, often attaining 

 to the height of four or five feet. 



The virgin whiteness of the album, the 

 roseate leopard-like spotting of the functa- 

 turn, and the jewel-like brilliancy of the 

 speciosum, all redolent with the fragrance 

 of Arabian spices, will ever render these, 

 objects of especial favor and admiration, 

 and place them among the very choicest 

 plants of the conservatory or flower garden. 



Hybrids -—The strong development of 



iiitii speciosum. 



the stamens and pistils of the Lily tribe, 

 almost directly invites the skill of the cul- 

 tivator to cross impregnations- A multi- 

 tude of seedlings have been produced in 

 this way, from these Japan Lilies. In my 

 own collection, I have now about 150 in 

 bud, from which it is hoped some good and 

 distinct varieties may be obtained. Of the 

 seedlings that have already bloomed, those 

 raised from L. speciosum^ fertilized by Z,. 

 L. album, and from L. L. album, by L. 

 speciosum, have been almost identical in 

 character with the former red species, va- 

 rying only in the petals displaying a clear- 

 er delineation of the white. All efforts to 

 interbreed these sorts with Lilium candi- 

 dum, (common white Lilj',) L. tigrinum, 

 L. Philadelphicuin, L. superbum, and Z. 

 Cariadenre, have proved abortive. 



