March S, 1868. ] 



JOURNAL OF HOBTIOOLTUBE AND COTTAGE GAEDENER. 



181 



WEEKLY CALENDAR. 



MARCH &-11, 1868. 



MeefinRof Royal, Linnenn, and Chemical 

 Meeting' of Royal loKtitution. [Sociotiea. 

 Royal Horticultural Society, Promenade. 

 2 Sdndav in Lent. 

 Meetiuj; of Koyiil Geopraphical Society. 

 MeetiuK of Institute of Civil EoKineers. 

 Meeting of Royal Agricultaral and Geo- 

 logical Societiea, and Society of Arts. 



Moon 

 Rises. 



Moon 

 Sets. 



44afl 

 69 2 



m. h 

 2Saf4 

 9 5 



Moon's 

 Age. 



Days. 

 11 

 12 

 18 



o 



15 

 16 

 17 



Clock 



before 



tiun. 



10 C8 



10 88 



10 22 



10 6 



Vear 



65 

 66 

 67 

 68 

 69 

 70 

 71 



From observations taken near London daring the last forty-one years, the average day temperature of the week is 49.2° ; and its night 

 temperature 31.5 . The greatest heat was 67'', on the 10th, 1826 ; and the lowest cold V, on the 10th, 1847. The greatest Jail of rain 

 was 0.69 inch. 



FURTHER NOTES ON LILIUMS AND THEIR 

 CULTURE. 



AVING in my first paper confined myself 

 entirely to the speciosiim tribe, I now pro- 

 ceed to notice some of the less-lmown spe- 

 cies. I have also ventured to make a few 

 remarks on tlie cultivation of Lilies. I 

 have had many failures, but I still work on, 

 hoping and longing for the time when the 

 darkness of failure shall belong to the past, 

 and be fully recompensed by the mid-day 

 splendoui" of complete success. 

 Bee Hakof (Groenewegen) . — -Petals broad and over- 

 lapped at the base. Flower large, and nicely recurved : 

 form almost perfect ; peculiar salmon-coloured gi-ound, 

 bright yellow band in the centre, tips of the petals bronze 

 red, a few maroon spots, and here and there a crimson 

 stain. Ereet-ilowering, about 1^ inches high. Very dis- 

 tinct, peculiar, and fine. Quite of the eastern style of colour. 

 Busehianum (Van Houtte). — Small flower, neatly re- 

 curved, and of perfect shape : vermilion wax-like gi-ound, 

 with a few small dark spots. Erect-flowering, about 

 30 inches liigh. Scent rather unpleasant. The stigma is 

 shorter than the anthers. Very perfect and beautiful. 



Concolor ('.') (Hooper & Co.). — Petals broad, and just 

 meeting at the base, beautifully recurved ; centre of the 

 petals yellow, tips bright crimson blood colour, dark spots. 

 Erect-flowering, about .'to inches high. Slight scent. Stigma 

 and pollen very dark. Very brilliant ; almost perfect in 

 form and colour. I have recently heard from a first-rate 

 authority that " the flower of the true Concolor is some- 

 what star-like, the petals very little recurved, and of a 

 singular red — vermilion with a coppery hue ; occasionally, 

 but very seldom, a few dark spots." 



Fonnosiim (A. Verschatfelt). — After the style of Ree 

 Hakoe, but much better. Height about i feet. Very 

 beautiful. 



Feu Ktraiii (Barnaart). — Very large and fine; style of 

 Ree Hakoe, but larger, not so much recurved, and very 

 few spots. 



Ja-Ehid (Barnaart). — Same style as Ree Hakoe. but not 

 quite so large, more recurved, and rather darker. .Ja-Ehal 

 from Groenewegen was very different from this, being much 

 like Tliunbergianum citriuum. I do not know wliich is the 

 true Ja-Ehal. 



Syiji'ts (Groenewegen). — Petals narrow, and each one 

 separate from tlie other. Flowers large, well reflexed, and 

 of good form ; citron ground, with yellow centre, a few 

 purple maroon spots ; bright maroon tip to stigma. Erect- 

 flowering, about 12 inches high. Novel and pretty. 



Ideno Sato, Ogontio, Kemigajo, and Ki-kak, liad from 

 Groenewegen ; Tliunbergianum aiu'cum nigro-maculatum, 

 from Van Houtte ; and Tliunbergianum citrinum, from 

 Barnaart, arc all similar in style to Sygets. 



Brotnii, or jiijuiniciiiii rt-niin. — Very largo trumpet- 

 shaped flower ; pure wliite inside, outside stained with dull 

 purple. Very beautiful and distinct. I find it will occa- 

 sionally lie dormant for a season. 



NO. S62.-V0I.. XIV., New Series, 



Longiflonun, eximium, Takesima, and Liu Kiu, all have 

 very beautiful trumpet-shaped white flowers, and are worthy 

 of a place in every collection. 



WaUirhiiiiiKin has immense, somewliat trumpet- shaped 

 flowers of pure white colour, and is very beautifid. but I 

 find great difficulty in inducing it to bloom ; with me it is 

 continually splitting up into small ofl'sets. I suppose I 

 have not as yet found out the proper way of cultivating it. 

 I hope for instructions from some of the contributors to 

 " our .Tournal." 



When I began to grow LiUes I used nothing but sandy 

 loam, but I did not find it very satisfactory, as the soil 

 soon became sour, and I consequently lost some of my 

 best Auratums. I next used nothing but fibrous peat, 

 with plenty of coarse sand, and a good quantity of ci-ushed 

 charcoal, also a small quantity of cocoa-nut refuse. This 

 was a great improvement on the old soil, and the LUies 

 did well ; but I find an addition of 2.5 per cent, of good 

 turfy loam is better still, as it gives more for the plants to 

 feed on. Plenty of drainage must be given, otherwise the 

 buds will drop, even if the Lilies do not die. 



At first I always put silver sand round the roots when I 

 potted my Lilies, but I cannot recommend the practice ; 

 the bulbs appear to prefer immediate contact with the 

 soU. 



Many of the Lilies, if in perfect health, emit rootlets 

 from the stems just above the surface of the soil : these 

 rootlets should receive every encouragement, and I believe 

 the general course adopted is to shift into a larger pot. 

 This plan I do not like, as Lilies are often over-potted, 

 which is a great evil, not to mention the additional space 

 required at all seasons. I have had some zinc collars 

 made from Ih to 2| inches wide, and of lengths to suit the 

 various sizes'of pots. These collars are cut one out of the 

 otlier, and are, tlierefore, mexpensive. One end. fur li inch 

 of its length, is about a quarter of an inch wider than the 

 rest, and this extra ^-idtli is turned over so as to form a 

 sheath for the other end when the collar is bent for use. 

 AVTien the rootlets appear I put one of these collars round 

 the inside of the pot, and fill up with proper soil. Li the 

 autumn the collars and additional soil are removed. 



Lilies requii-c gi-eat attention during the earlier stages of 

 their growth, otherwise they will become drawn and un- 

 sightly. Until they are growing vigorously water should 

 be°used but sparingly, but afterwards they require a plen- 

 tiful supply. 



Aliout the middle of May I turn my Lilies out of the 

 greenhouse, and place them on coal ashes in a sheltered 

 part of the garden, and to prevent danger from frost and 

 heavy rains I place a temporary coveiing of tiflany over 

 them. I bring a few pots at a t"ime into the greenhouse, 

 and so obtain a long succession of blooms. 



Shortly after the Lilies have done flowering I lay the 

 pots on their sides to prevent excess of moistiu-e. which is 

 very injurious to Lilies in the autumn. When they have 

 matured theii" gi-owth I place them under the st.ige of my 

 greenliouse, where all the attention they require during 

 the winter is a slight syringing occasionally to prevent the 

 soil from becoming dust dry. Li January and February 

 No. 1014.-YOI. XXXIX., Old Sekhb. 



