LILIUM 



THE BULB BOOK 



times tinged with purple outside, 6 to 

 9 ins. across when fully open {B(jt. 

 .\f<i<j. t. 1591 ; Elwts, LiL t. 14). 



Fig. IZh.—Liliunx yiiionicuin. (4.) 



A somewhat delicate species requir- 

 ing protection in winter in unfavour- 

 able localities. It is a good greenhouse 

 Lily. 



L. Kelloggl.- A pretty Californian 

 Lily, 3 to 5 ft. high, resembling L. 

 Cohimhianmn. Flowers delicate, 

 pinkish purple, becoming deeper with 

 age, banded with yellow and finely 

 dotted with maroon on the reflexed 

 petals. From eight to twenty flowers 

 are borne in a truss. (Gard. Chron. 

 1903, xxxiii. 422; Garden, 1901, i. f. 

 330.) 



L. Kewense. — This is a hybrid 

 between L. llenriji and L. lU-oimi 

 Momster {Gard. 1900, Iviii. 99, f.). 



L. Krameri (Z. Elisahetha;). — A 

 distinct and free-Howering Japanese 

 Lilium 3 to 4 ft. high, bearing sweet- 

 scented pink flowers {B(jt. Ma'j. t. 

 6058 ; i,7?"p*-, Lil. t. 14). 



L. lankongense. — A species from 

 Yunnan, West China (altitude 8000 to 

 9000 ft.), closely related to L. iioly- 

 j)k)/l/u)ii. The slender downy stems 

 are 1 to 2 ft. high, with narrow 

 leaves about 2h ins. long, and droop- 

 ing long-stalked Howers white or 



purple, spotted with black, the seg- 

 ments being reHexed from low down. 



li. Leichtlini. — A fine Japanese 

 species 3 to 4 ft. high, with drooping 

 citron-yellow flowers heavily spotted 

 with purple, the petals being rolled 

 back, as in the Turk's Cap forms 

 (not. Mag. t. 5673 ; Elu<t><, Lil. t. 39). 



There are a few forms, such as 

 ma jus, like the type but larger ; 

 platypttalum, with broad petals ; and 

 ti'jrinurn, heavily spotted. 



L. leucanthum.— A fine West 

 Chinese Lilium (altitude 4000 to 5000 

 ft.), closely related to L. Uroicni, 

 and at one time considered to be 

 a variety of it (see JJot. Mag. t. 

 6722). It has large roundish bulbs 

 and sturdy stems 3 to 4 ft. high, 

 clothed with numerous lance-shaped 

 leaves about 3 ins. long. The funnel- 

 shaped perianth about 6 ins. long, is 

 milky -white, slightly tinged with 

 green near the base outside, unspotted, 

 and tinged with pale yellow towards 

 the base inside. 



KiG. 236. — Lilium. lonrjifiorum. 



L. longiflorum. — A charming 

 Japanese Lilium, 1 to 3 ft. high, 



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