LILY. re 
L. ixioides.—A handsome New Zealand evergreen 
species, with narrow grassy foliage and small white flow- 
ers. ‘I'he plants require a warm border of light soil ; 
they will also thrive in the rockery, and are rapidly 
propagated by seeds, or careful division in spring. 
LILY. 
Lilium. 
We give to the lily a large space, because it is first 
in importance in the bulb garden, in the history of flow- 
ering plants, and in the hearts of all true lovers of the 
beautiful in floral form and color. It is, moreover, the 
best representative of the natural order to which it 
belongs, which includes not only the most remarkable 
hardy herbaceous plants, but also greenhouse plants and 
important vegetables. The order JLiliacee contains 
more than one hundred and eighty genera, and nearly 
twenty-five hundred species, the best known of which, 
besides the Lily, are the Hyacinth, Tulip, Agapanthus, 
Frittilaria, Scilla and the Onion. The Lily derives its 
name from the Celtic word, li, signifying whiteness ; the 
Lily having long been considered an emblem of white- 
ness and purity. 
The genus Liliwm embraces about fifty distinct spe- 
cies, most of which belong to the northern hemisphere, 
and, with the exception of the few found in the moun- 
tains of sub-tropical Asia, all the species belong to 
the temperate regions. North America furnishes a 
large number of ornamental and useful species, all of 
which are highly honored in foreign lands. Japan 
has furnished, by far, the largest number of beau- 
tiful species under cultivation, as ZL. auratum, L. 
speciosum (erroneously known as L. lancifolium), L. 
Leichtlinti, L. Brownti, L. tigrinum, and L. elegans 
(Thunbergianum), with its synonyms. The Lilium 
candidum, the chaste beauty and grace of which is not 
