LILirM 



THE RUI.B BOOK 



LTLIUM 



L. parvum. — A pretty Lily from 

 the subalpine regions of the Sierra 

 Nevadas of California (altitude 5000 

 ft.), where it gTows "in a soil of 

 gi'anitic sand and leaf-mould, on the 

 margins of lakes and on the banks of 

 cold streams." It varies from 1 to 6 

 ft. high, has ovate lance - shaped 

 leaves, some in whorls, and broadly 

 funnel-shaped flowers with recurving 

 tips, rich orange in the centre, the red 

 tops being finely dotted. 



Ij. philadelphicum. — A Xorth 

 American species, 1 to 3 ft. high, with 

 cup-shaped Mowers having the base 

 of the petals yelloAV spotted Avith 

 maroon and the tips bright scarlet 

 {Bot. Mag. t. 519; Red. Lit. t. 104 ; 

 Bot. Reg. t. 594; Elwes, Lil. t. 17). 

 The variety andinwn has narrower 

 and fewer leaves. 



L. philippinense. — A native of the 

 Philippine Islands, \h to 2 ft. high, 

 with large pure white, sweet-scented, 

 tubular Howers {Bot. Mag. t. 6250 ; 

 Elwex, Lil. t. 3). This species should 

 be grown in a greenhouse. 



L. polyphyllum. — A delicate but 

 charming Himalayan species, 2 to 3 

 ft. high, with waxy-white drooping 

 flowers 5 to G ins. long, heavily spotted 

 and lined with purple {III. Ilort. 

 1885, t. 565; Ehves, Lil. t. 48). 

 Should be grown in a greenhouse. 

 The l)ulbs are long and narrow. 



L. pomponium. — A fine "Turk's 

 Cap " Lily from Siberia. Stems 2 to 

 3 ft. high, bearing drooping bright 

 red flowers tinted with orange, earlier 

 in the season than Z. chakrdonicvia 

 and fj. jn/renaicum. There is much 

 variation in the colour and odour of 

 the blossoms. {JUit. J fag. t. 971 ; 

 Ehven, Lil. t. 4G.) 



L. primulinum {L. claptonienne). — 

 A species from Upper Burmah closely 

 related to Z. neilgherense. It has 

 large roundish bulbs, and smooth 

 erect stems 3 to 4 ft. high, clothed 



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with glossy green, narrow, stalkless 

 leaves 4 to 5 ins. long. The funnel- 

 shaped flowers, 5 to 6 ins. long, are 

 pale yelloAv and unspotted, the seg- 

 ments beginning to reflex nearly half 

 way. {Bot. Mag. t 7227.) 



L. purpureum. — This has hitherto 

 been regarded as a form of X. Wash- 

 ingtonianum. Mr Carl Purdy, how- 

 ever, is of opinion that it deserves 

 specific rank. It is widely distributed 

 in California and Oregon, and grows 

 not only at high altitudes but also as 

 low as 600 ft. above sea-level, and at 

 various places in the open valleys and 

 half-wooded uplands. It has large 

 bulbs, and the stems are furnished 

 with broadly obovate leaves 3 to 4 

 ins. long, mostly in whorls of ten to 

 fourteen. The flowers are in terminal 

 umbels or racemes, and resemble 

 those of the Madonna Lily {L. candi- 

 dum) in outline, being broadly funnel- 

 shaped, white dotted with purple. 



L. pyrenaicum. — A Pyrenean 

 species closely related to L. j^om- 

 poniitm, and often confused with it. 

 It grows from 2 to 4 ft. high, and has 

 drooping bright yellow flowers, the 

 interior of the fez-like base of the 

 perianth-tube being spotted Avith red 

 or deep purple. {Elire.% Lil. t. 47.) 



L. Roezli.— The true species is a 

 native of S. Oregon, California, etc., 

 and has rhizomatous root-stocks. It 

 grows 2 to 3 ft. high, has lance- 

 shaped linear leaves partly scattered 

 and in whorls, and drooping deep 

 orange-red flowers 2 to 3 ins. across, 

 more or less densely blotched with 

 black towards the base. {Garfenjf. 

 t. 6G7.) Fig. 241. 



L. roseum {L. Tliomsonianvm ; 

 Fritillaria viacrophi/lln). — A rare 

 Himalayan species, H to 2 ft. high, 

 with tufts of narrow lance-shaped 

 leaves, the lower ones being 12 to 18 

 ins. long. Flowers bell-shaped, rosy- 

 lilac or flesh colour, often as many as 



