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bulbils in the axils of the leaves, by which they may be freely 

 increased if they are planted in a rich bed in a well-sheltered 

 border. 



L. bulbiferum {Ora?ige Lily). — A very handsome and well- 

 known plant in gardens. It has been productive of some good 

 varieties, but the variations, from a floricultural point of view, 

 consist chiefly in slight differences of stature and shades of 

 colour ; and those of stature are, in some cases at least, more 

 the result of soil and culture than fixed peculiarities of nature. 

 It grows from 2 to 3 or more feet high. The stems are clothed 

 with lance -shaped leaves disposed rather irregularly. The 

 flov/ers are erect, open, bell-shaped, and marked inside with 

 rough wart-like processes, and are deep orange -red. Flowers in 

 June and July. Native of southern Europe and the Levant. 



L. canadense (Canadian Orange Lily). — A beautiful species, 

 growing 3 or 4 feet high. The stems are clothed with oval lance- 

 shaped leaves arranged in whorls. The flowers are nodding or 

 pendulous and bell-shaped, and the segments are somewhat re- 

 flexed ; in colour they are pale orange, spotted with deep pur- 

 plish-brown. Flowers in July and August. Native of Canada. 



L. candidum ( C^;;/;w;/ White Lily). — This is one of the com- 

 monest species in gardens. It grows about 3 feet high, pro- 

 ducing the greatest abundance of its leaves at the roots and 

 base of the stems. They are broadly lance-shaped, diminish- 

 ing in size as they ascend the stem, and are arranged in a scat- 

 tered alternate manner. The flowers are pure white, with no 

 warts internally ; are erect or nearly so, long, bell-shaped, and 

 open, but slightly if at all reflexed at the mouth. Native of 

 the Levant. Flowers in June and July. There is a double- 

 flowered form in gardens under the name L. candidtwi flore- 

 pleno, and there are two or three sorts with difl"erent styles of 

 variegated leaves, and there is a flowerless form which pro- 

 duces in the place of the flowers a spiral spike of lance-shaped 

 pure-white leaves or bracts, which is more curious than orna- 

 mental. 



L. Catesbaei {Catesbys Lily). — A very distinct species from 

 Carolina. It grows about 18 inches or 2 feet high. The 

 stems are clothed with narrow lance-shaped leaves, irregularly 

 and alternately disposed. The flowers are erect, large, and 

 open, with reflexed segments, yellow, and spotted with dark 

 brown in the centre, and shading into deep red towards the 

 extremities of the segments. Flowers in July and August. 



L. cbalcedonicum (Scarlet Martagon Lily). — This is an old 

 inhabitant of gardens. It grows from 3 to 4 feet high. The 

 stems are well clothed with flat lance-shaped leaves. The 



