THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



.IMNOCHARIS. 



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colour. When well grown it is 6 or 7 ft, 

 high, and bears several flowers in a large 

 head. Other names for this Lily are 

 L. excelsum and isabellinum. It is 

 one of the plants that grow freely in 

 London. 



L. tigrinum {Tiger Lily). — This is one 

 of the commonest kinds, and is too well 

 known to need description. No garden 

 should be without it, for few plants are so 

 attractive or have such stately growth. 

 The common kind is handsome, but the 

 variety splendens is much finer, having 

 larger flowers with larger spots, is pro- 

 duced later, and grows 7 ft. high. For- 

 tunei is an early form and as desirable as 

 splendens. The double-flowered variety 

 (flore-pleno) is showy and vigorous. 

 Erectum also is distinct and desirable. 

 L. pseudo-tigrinum and the varieties of 

 Ma.ximowiczi, though referred to other 

 species, much resemble L. tigrinum. 





testaceum. 



The Tiger Lily is very easy of cultivation, 

 thriving best in deep sandy loam with an 

 open, but sheltered position. The earliest 

 varieties begin to flower at the end of 

 August, and the latest last till the end of 

 October. The Tiger Lily may be quickly 

 propagated by the bulblets, which form in 

 the axils of the leaves. 



L. Washingtonianum. — A lovely Cali- 

 fornian Lily, 2 to 5 ft. high, bearing a 

 cluster of large, white, purple - spotted 

 flowers that become tinged with purple 

 after expansion. Nearly allied to this, 

 and by some considered a variety, is L. 

 rubescens, which has smaller flowers 

 which are of a pale lilac or nearly white. 

 These flowers are erect — not horizontal, 

 as in the Washington Lily. Neither L. 

 Washingtonianum nor L. rubescens is 

 easy to grow, owing, probably, to their 



being but little understood at present. 

 The best results have been obtained in 

 partially-shaded situations, in loose, peaty, 

 well-drained, but moist soil. 



Known species: — Lilmtn al/>imiiii, Hungary; 

 atirattiiji, Japan ; bolanderi, California ; biiiUjerujii, 

 S. Europe ; callosniit, Japan ; canadense, N. America ; 

 candidiun, S. Europe ; carnioUcum, S. Europe ; 

 Catesbixi, N. America; chalcedoniciuii, Carniola ; 

 columbianiun, N.W. America ; concolor, China ; cor- 

 difolium, Japan ; croceuin, S. Europe ; daui-icum, 

 Dahruria ; Davidi, China ; clcgans, Japan ; forino- 

 sissiiniiin ; foytnosuiit, Japan ; Fortitnci, do. ; Glehni, 

 do.; Grayi, N.W. America; Handsoni, Manchuria; 

 Hansoni, Japan ; Heldreichii, Greece ; Hookeri, 

 Himalayas; Humboldtii, C3.\iiorma.;jtiponictui!, Japan; 

 Jeffersoni ; lancifolmvi, Japan ; Lcichtlinii, do. ; lilia- 

 cinuin ; longiJJ oniin , Japan ; viaculatuiii, do. ; ?iiari- 

 tiniicm, California ; >nartagon, S. Europe ; nicdeoloides, 

 Japan ; iiionadclpliuiii, Caucasus ; neilghcrrense , E. 

 Indies; ncpalensc, Himalayas; «zVzVk;«, California; t^jry- 

 petaluin, Himalayas ; pardalinum, California; Parryi, 

 do. ; patinmi, do. ; persicuin, Persia ; philadelphicum, 

 N. America ; philippinense, Philippines ; polyphyllum, 

 Himalayas; poiiiponium, Siberia; p07iticum, Asia 

 Minor ; ptiberuluin, N. America ; pttichelhiiii, Dah- 

 ruria ; pygmceuin ; pyrenaicum, Pyrenees ; recnrvum ; 

 roscum, E. Indies ; rubescens, California ; Sieboldi, 

 Japan; speciosuin, do.; sjiperbuin, N. Amer. ; tenui- 

 folium, Dahruria; testaceum, Japan ; tigrmuvt, Japan; 

 Wallichiamiin, Himalayas ; Washingtonianum, Cali- 

 fornia. 



LIMNANTHEMUM {Fringed Buck- 

 bean). — L. nyinphcEoides is a pretty native 

 water-plant, growing in ponds or slow 

 streams, with floating- leaves, and bright 

 yellow flowers i in. or more across. One 

 of the prettiest of floating water-plants, 

 flowering for months in the summer and 

 autumn. Wild in the southern and 

 eastern counties, and naturalised in other 

 districts. Division as soon as gathered. 

 Sy)i.. \'illarsia. Gentian order. 



LIMNANTHES.— A vigorous though 

 dwarf hardy annual, valuable because 

 so early ; L. Doiiglasi has yellow and 

 white flowers, and there is a pure 

 white variety. Few annuals are hardier, 

 severe winters not injuring it, and it 

 requires neither a deep nor a rich soil, 

 but thrives where the earth is poor as 

 well as in ordinar}'- garden soil. It often 

 sows itself on light soils, and gives no 

 further trouble ; but if wanted for a 

 special purpose in spring, the seed 

 should be sown in autumn in boxes 

 or in the open ground ; for summer- 

 flowering, sow in the spring. Plains of 

 California and foothills of the Sierra 

 Nevada. 



LIMNOCHARIS.— Z. Humboldti is 

 an interesting water-plant, in summer 

 covering the surface with heart-shaped 

 leaves and soft yellow flowers, for several 

 months ; it will thrive either in running 

 or still water, if planted 6 to 9 in. below 

 the surface, and may also be grown in 

 tubs sunk in the ground. These tubs 

 should be about i^ ft. in depth, should be 

 half-filled with loamy soil, and then filled 



