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kinds grow generally well in a rich sandy loam ; but the 

 American, like the Japanese kinds, prefer a compost con- 

 taining a considerable proportion of peat. They are all in- 

 creased from offsets, which are generally produced abundant- 

 ly, or by separating the scales of the bulbs, and planting 

 them as offsets. Some propagate from little bulb-buds which 

 are formed in the axils of their leaves ; and most of them 

 may be multiplied from seeds, when it is worth while to raise 

 them by this more tedious process. The seeds should be 

 sown as soon as ripe. The bulbs of lilies should not be suf- 

 fered to dr}' when they are taken out of the ground for 

 transplanting. One of the most striking modern additions 

 to this family is the Indian L. giga?iteu??i, a stately plant eight 

 to ten feet high, with large heart-shaped leaves. It may be 

 grown as directed for Z. speciosum, requiring that each bulb, 

 if of flowering size, should have a separate pot of from 

 twelve to eighteen inches diameter. 



L. atrosaiiguineutn \&2ixk.-x^^ \ hardy bulb; 2 feet; flowers 

 dark-red, in July ; Japan ; 1835. Z. aurantiuni (orange) ; hardy 

 bulb ; 3 feet ; flowers dark-orange, in July ; Italy ; 1596. This spe- 

 cies readily produces varieties from seed. Z. Canadense (Cana- 

 dian) ; hardy bulb ; 4 feet ; flowers light-orange, in July ; North 

 America ; 1629. Z. candidiim (white) ; hardy bulb ; 3 feet ; flowers 

 white, in June ; Levant; 1596. Z. Caroliniaiiicin {Q-dsoXxmdSi) ; 

 hardy bulb ; 2 feet ; flowers orange, in July ; North America ; 

 1819. Z. Catesbcei{Q2Xz%\)f'&)\ hardy bulb; i foot; flowers 

 scarlet-spotted, in July; Carohna; 1787. Z. Chalcedoniciim 

 (Chalcedonian) ; hardy bulb ; 3 feet ; flowers scarlet, in July ; 

 Levant; 1596. L. concolor (one-colored); hardy bulb ; 2 feet; 

 flowers red, in July ; China ; 1806. L.crocetun (saffron) ; hardy 

 bulb ; 3 feet ; flowers saffron ; in July ; Italy ; 1596. Z. exiin- 

 ium (splendid) ; hardy bulb ; 4 feet ; flowers white, in July ; Ne- 

 paul ; 1824. L. giganteuj}i {^^\g2MM\€) ', half-hardy bulb ; 8 to 10 

 feet ; flowers red and white, in June ; Nepaul ; 1851. Z. Japon- 

 icum (Japanese) ; hardy bulb ; 2 feet ; flowers white, in July ; 



