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Japan ; 1804. L. longifoliiim (long-leaved) ; hardy bulb ; 2 feet ; 

 flowers white, in June; China; 1820. L. Maj'tagon (Turk's- 

 cap) ; hardy bulb ; 3 feet ; flowers lilac or white, in July ; Ger- 

 many ; 1596. Z. 7;/^;z«^<?^//z/;/^ (monadelphous) ; hardy bulb; 2 

 feet; flowers yellow, in July ; Caucasus; 1820. L. Pomponhun 

 (Pompone) ; hardy bulb ; 3 feet ; flowers scarlet, in May ; Sibe- 

 ria ; 1659. L. piiiniluni (dwarf) ; hardy bulb ; i foot ; flowers scar- 

 let, in July ; Russia ; 1816. L. Sibiriciun (Siberian) ; hardy bulb ; 

 2 feet; flowers yellow, in July; Siberia; 1829. L. sptciosiim 

 (showy) ; hardy bulb ; 3 to 4 feet ; flowers crimson, in August ; 

 Japan; 1833. The Yzxiet\e.s punctatum, rtibru7n, and Kcenipfet-i 

 are rose, spotted with crimson ; album is white. L. spectabile 

 (show)-) ; hardy bulb ; 2 feet ; flowers light-orange, in June ; 

 Dahuria; 1754. L. tenuifoliiuji (fme-leaved) ; hardy bulb; 2 

 feet ; flowers scarlet, in June ; Siberia ; 1820. Z. testaceiim 

 (testaceous) ; half-hardy bulb ; 3 feet ; flowers pale yellow^, in 

 June; Japan; 1841. Z. Tuunbergiamim (Thunberg's) ; hardy 

 bulb ; 3 feet ; flowers orange-scarlet, in July ; Japan ; 1835. Z. 

 tigrimun (tiger) ; hardy bulb ; 3 feet ; flowers red, with black 

 spots, in July ; China; 1804, Z. auratumj this superb lily is 

 doubtless the finest of the family ; the flowers are white, banded 

 with orange, and often a foot in diameter. In England, it has 

 been grown with twenty-seven flowers on a plant. It requires 

 the same treatment as the Japan Lilies, and is probably as hardy. 

 Introduced from Japan in 1864. 



Lily of the Valley. See Convallaria. 



LiMNANTHES. [Tiop^eolaceae.] Hardy annuals, of trail- 

 ing habit, with neat but not showy flowers. They may be 

 sown in the open borders in May, and again in June, for 

 succession. They are not very particular as to soil, but pre- 

 fer a moist situation. They flower in about six weeks from 

 the time of sowing. 



Z. alba (white) ; hardy annual, 9 inches ; flowers white, in 

 June; Cahfornia ; 1848. Z. Douglasii (Douglas's); hardy an- 

 nual, 9 inches ; flowers white and yellow, in June ; Cahfornia ; 



