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gether, are of a long funnel -shape, ruddy- 

 brown on the outside and milk-white within, 

 with a rich yellow throat. Being at its best 

 in August, when no other Lily of the same 

 group is in flower, it promises to be an 

 important gain, the more so as the plant is 

 vigorous and hardy. 



L. myriophyllum. — This, the handsomest 

 Lily of the Broivni group, is nearly allied to 

 L. leucanthiim (itself a form of L. Browni) 

 from which it differs in its narrow one-nerved 

 leaves densely crowded on the stems, the 

 absence of bulbils, its earlier flowers, and 

 other minor details. The grey-green stems vary 

 from i^ to 5 ft. in height, bearing fragrant 

 funnel-shaped flowers 5 or 6 in. long, shaded 

 with purple on the outside, and pure white 



frontier, and is commonly grown by the 

 peasants on the roofs of their houses, and the 

 bulbs used as food. The plant is of easy 

 culture, and flowers in three years from seed. 

 As many as twenty to twenty-five flowers and 

 buds often are produced in a single head, so 

 that when commoner it should be a very 

 handsome garden plant. 



LOMARIA PROCERA.— A hand- 

 some large-growing fern, thriving in the 

 open air in the milder parts of Britain, 

 particularly where the atmosphere is 

 moist, as in Ireland and the south-west 

 of England. It is a variable plant, 

 spread over nearly half the world, the 

 hardiest forms coming from Chili, New 



shading to clear yellow on the inside and in 

 the tube. The bulbs are found on the scrub- 

 clad mountain sides of Western China at 

 elevations of 3,000 to 6,000 ft., where they 

 seem to prefer rocky, stone-filled soils. 



L. Sutchuenense. — One of the showiest 

 Lilies introduced of recent years. A good idea 

 of it is gained by likening it to a miniature 

 form of the old Tiger Lily, but with no 

 bulbils, narrower leaves, and earlier flowers 

 on very long flatly-spreading stalks. The 

 hairy stems vary in height from i^ to 6 ft. 

 with many narrow leaves and a head of 

 bright scarlet flowers covered with Ijlack dots, 

 which vary in density and are sometimes 

 wanting altogether. It comes from the grass- 

 clad mountain slopes of the Chino-Thibetan 



Zealand, and Tasmania. " L. p. c/iilensis, 

 one of the best, grows in comparatively 

 cold regions of S. America, its stout 

 leathery fronds once cut to the midrib 

 being 4 or 5 ft. long, and produced on 

 stout red stalks from a prostrate fleshy 

 stem or trunk. This trunk never rises 

 but creeps along the ground, its under- 

 ground rhizomes freely giving off young 

 plants in rich open soils. L. p. Gtlltesn, 

 another fine evergreen form from Chili, 

 differs from that just described in its 

 short erect trunk, and shorter fronds on 

 pale green stalks. 



LOMATIA. — Beautiful evergreen 

 shrubs of slow growth, with finely-cut 



