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aulumn, and pluno-ed in ilie bark-bed; and wiitMi llic planls are three 

 inches high, planted in separate pots, being re-phmged in the bark- 

 bed, gi\ing water aiul occasional shade till lhc\v are tV( sli rooted- 

 They must remain constanlly in the hot-house, and have fiequcn 

 nioderale waterings given them. 



The lirsi two sorts have a fine appearance in the boixh^s and chimp') 

 of pleasure-grounds, where they will succeed v.hen protected in 

 winter from iVosLs. 



And the tender sorts aftbrd a fine variety in hot-house collections. 



2. LILIUM CANDIDUM. 



WHITE LILY. 



Tins genus contains planls ol" the bulbous-rooted flowery peren- 

 nial kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Htwaiidria Moitogijiiia, and ranks 

 in the natural order of Co/o/Jfl/v'^. ' '"■ 



'I'lie characters are: ihat there is no calyx: the corolla is six- 

 [)elalled, bell-shaped, narrowed beneath: petals upright, incumbent, 

 obtusely carinated on the back, gradually more expanding, wider; 

 with thick, reflex, obtuse lips: nectary, a longitudinal, tubular line, 

 engraven on each petal from the base to the middle: the stamina 

 have six aul-shajjed filaments, upright, shorter than the corolla: 

 anthers ol)long, incumbent: the pistillum is an obhmg germ, cylin- 

 dric, striated with six furrows: style cylindric, length of the corolla: 

 stigma thickish, triangular: the pericarpium is an oblong six-fur- 

 rowed capsule, with a three cornered, hollow, obtuse tip, three- 

 celled, ihree-valved ; the valves connected by hairs disposed in a 

 cancellated manner; the seeds are numerous, incumbent in a twin 

 ord( r; fiat, outwardly semi-orbicular. 



The species cullivatcd are : 1. L. caiididiim, Common ^Vhite 



