LIT.irM 



THE BI'T-B l?()OK 



LTLTUM 



1 to U ft. high, with narrow srass- 

 like leaves about 2 ins. long, and 

 brilliant scarlet drooping flowers 

 {Eh'-e^, LiL t. 42). A good Lily for 

 early forcing. 



L. testaceum {L. excel xum).— A ^nc 

 Lily, supposed to be a hybrid between 

 L. r/t>i/ce</o)iirimi and L. cninUduin. It 



Fio. 2Vj.— Liliurn.teslaceum. (',.) 



has stems 5 to 6 ft. high, and beauti- 

 ful nankeen-yellow or apricot-coloured 

 llowers,the rellexed segments of which 

 are dotted with orange-red. {I'xit. 

 Ue,j. 1843. t. 1 1 ; Ehves Lil. t. 44.) A 

 good Lily for forcing in early spring. 

 L. tigrlnum.— This is the well- 

 known " Tiger Lily," a native of China 

 and Japan. It grows 2 to 4 ft. high, 

 and has deep orange - red flowers 

 heavily blotched with blackish- 

 purple. UU,t. Ma<i. t. 1237; Eh''<'^ 

 Lil. t. 38.) 



The variety ^plewlem often grows 7 

 ft. high, and bears numerous more 

 highly coloured and heavier blotched 

 Uowers ; Fortunei is somewhat simi- 

 lar ; while ^flore/jleno has from four to 

 six circles of petals coloured and 

 spotted. 



Fui. 246.— WUiim tigrinvm. (J.) 



Fifi. 247.—Lilivm vmhcUalvm, bulb and 

 utisets. 



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