LILIUM 



THE liVLh HOOK 



LILIUM 



and better-coloured flowers than the 

 type (O'ard. 1904, Ixv. 406). 



The best time to plant the bulbs 

 of L. rft'tjanteum i.s about the end of 

 April or early in May, leaving the 

 upper half uncovered Avith soil. It 

 i.s .safer to lift the bulb.s in autumn 

 and store them in frost-proof places 

 during the winter, as they are not 

 hardy except in the verj- mildest 

 parts of the Kingdom, where the large 

 seed-pods are also freely produced. 



L. Grayl.— A native of the Alle- 

 ghanies of Virginia and North 

 Carolina, related to L. cnn/idtnse. It 

 has small roundish bulbs arising 

 annually from a creeping root-stock. 

 Stems 2 to 3 ft. high. Flowers 

 drooping, rich crimson, funnel-shaped, 

 heavily blotched with purple at the 

 yellowish base of the reflexed petals. 

 {Bot. M'uj. t. 7234.) 



L. Hansoni. — A fine Japanese Lih' 

 3 to 4 ft, high, having bright orange- 

 yellow flowers with reflexed petals, 

 heavily spotted with blackish or 

 brownish purple (El ins, Lil. t. 34). 

 A good Lily for forcing. 



L. Heldreichi. — This species in- 

 habits the mountains of Greece at 

 an altitude of 6000 to 8000 ft. and is 

 intermediate between L. carnwlirum 

 and L. cha^redonicina. It has ovoid 

 bulbs, stoutish green stems spotted 

 with jmrple, and 2 to 3 ft. high, each 

 bearing a solitary bright reddish- 

 yellow flower about 2 ins. long. 



L. Henryl.— A strong and free- 

 flowering species from the limestone 

 gorges of Central China. Stems 3 to 

 6 ft. high, furnished with lance- 

 .shaped leaves 6 to 8 ins. long, and 

 having rich orange-red flowers 3 to 4 

 ins. across, spotted with black, and 

 having numerous raised papillje 

 near the ba.se. {Hot. Ma>j. t. 7177; 

 Ga nkn, 1 89 1 , 830 ; 6'« rd. Ch ron. 

 1890, viii. 3^0, tiL'. 75.) 



L. Humboldtl.— A graceful Cali- 



fornian Lily 4 to 8 ft. high, with 

 oval lance-shaped leaves in whorls of 

 ten to twenty. Flowers drooping, 

 rich orange yellow, heavily spotted 

 with purple on the lower half of the 

 reflexed petals. {Elur^, Lil. t. 32.) 



Fig. 231.— liiium Henryi. 



The variety JJlwmtn'Uium has 

 golden-yellow flowers tipi^d with 

 purple, and having large spots (/7. 

 '/. Sen: tt. 1973-4); ocellxtinn. yellow, 

 heavily blotched with purple ; also 

 jiinf/iiiticuvi, orange, spotted maroon, 

 each spot oculated with crimson. 



L. Jankae.— A native of the 

 Transylvanian mountains, with bulbs 

 about 2 ins. in diameter, and stout 

 closely leafy stems 2 to 3 ft. high, 

 bearing pale yellow unspotted flowers 

 about 2 ins. long, the segments 

 reflexing from below the middle. 



L. japonlcum (L. (xlonini). — A fine 

 Japanese .'species 1 to 3 ft. high, with 

 Itroadly funncl-shai)ed, sweet-scented 

 flowers of a pure ivory-white, some- 



33S 



