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flowers are pendulous, and waited and dotted internally, and 

 yellow; the segments are reflexed and narrow, and bluntly 

 lance-shaped. Flowers in June and July. Native of the 

 Pyrenees. 



L. tenuifolium {Small-Icavcd Lily). — A very dwarf species, 

 attaining only i foot or 18 inches high. The leaves are narrow, 

 lance-shaped, and scattered alternately on the stems. The 

 flowers are pendulous, the segments much reflexed, and bright 

 red or scarlet. They appear in June and July. Native of 

 Siberia. 



L. Thunbergianum (Thunhej-^s Lily). — This is related to L. 

 bulbifej-um^ and bears considerable resemblance to it. It grows 

 about 18 inches or 2 feet high. The leaves are lance-shaped, 

 increasing in length as they ascend the stem, and are crowded 

 or whorl-iike under the flowers. The flowers are large, open, 

 bell -shaped, with spreading, slightly- reflexed segments; are 

 bright orange, but nearly destitute of the warts that are so con- 

 spicuous in the Orange Lily. There are many varieties of this 

 species, some of which are to be seen in catalogues and gardens 

 under the specific names L. atrosanguinaim, L. veniistiwi, and 

 L. fulgens ; and there are other varieties, distinguished by dif- 

 ferent shades of colour, by spots, and the degree of prominence 

 in the warts ; and there is a double-flowered form of deep co- 

 lour, very handsome ; but both it and some of the others are 

 yet rare and expensive. Flowers in July and August. Native 

 of Japan. 



L. tigrinum (Tiger Lil}'). — This is one of the most common 

 species. It grows 3 or 4 feet high. The leaves are lance- 

 shaped, alternate, clothing the stem rather thinly. The flowers 

 are pendulous, and the segments much reflexed, warted inter- 

 nally, and bright salmon-red, with dark-brown spots. Of this 

 species there are also several varieties, some of which are yet 

 rare and expensive. Flowers in July and August. Native of 

 China. 



Muscari {Grape Llyacinth). — A very pretty group of dwarf 

 spring-flowering bulbs. Two of the species selected are well 

 known and very generally cultivated ; the other two are not so 

 familiar, although one of them is the most effective, as regards 

 colour, in the group, and the other is one of the most deli- 

 ciously perfumed of flowers, whether hardy or tender. They 

 are easily grown in any ordinary garden-soil, are propagated by 

 offsets, and for that purpose may be lifted every second year ; 

 but otherwise they should not be disturbed oftener than every 

 four years, when they will be the better for being divided and 

 receiving a change of soil. 



