September 12. 190S 



HORTICULTURE 



357 



DOUBLE FORM OF LILIUM AURA- 

 TUM. 



Editor or HORTICULTURE: 



In the article in your last issue de- 

 scribing and figuring a double form 

 of Lilium auratum, grown by R. & J. 

 Farquhar & ^°" the writer mentions 

 that the form shown in the illustra- 

 tion is a variation not before ob- 

 served, so far as he could learn. 



I find in looking over some old vol- 

 umes of The Garden (London) two 

 references to similar flowers. In Vol. 

 22, 1882, on page 355, is an article by 

 Peter Ban describing a double va- 

 Tiety which was flowered by a Mr. A. 

 Higgs, of 38 King street, Covent Gar- 

 den. Mr. Barr was much interested in 

 this specimen and made the statement 

 that he had flowered many thousands 

 •of Lilium auratum and had been in the 

 habit of examining each plant, but on 

 no occasion had he been able to trace 

 any deviation from the normal six 

 petals. He also expressed the opin- 

 ion that it was only a freak but one 

 that might be turned to account The 

 illustration accompaning the article 

 shows a flower of much different 

 form, the petals being much shorter 

 and broader than the type. The last 

 two flowers to open on the plant were 

 single but the petals were not of the 

 usual form. 



The other reference may be found 

 in Vol. 24, 1883, on page ITS. This 

 speaks of a photograph of a flower 

 which was sent to the editor of the 

 magazine by a Mr. Hoen of Balti- 

 more. It showed a flower with four 

 extra inner petals, while the one de- 

 scribed by Mr. Barr had but three. 

 The flower was produced by a bulb 

 imported direct from Japan and was 

 described as a beautiful and full size.i 

 flower. 



It would seem that the species has 

 the tendency to produce double 

 flowers at rare intervals, but it is evi- 

 dent that no variety has yet been pro- 

 duced in which the habit has become 

 fixed. 



A. H. FEWKES. 



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