210 BULBS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLANTS. 
very light green, three inches long, having an umbel of 
deeply-cupped, very large flowers, of a rich apricot yel- 
low with purple spots. It is particularly desirable 
because it is the earliest flowering variety in the group. 
Var. Wilsoni (pardinwm).—A very desirable vari- 
ety because of its being the latest to flower, thus keep- 
ing up a succession. It is a strong grower, two feet 
high, stem bronzed below, green above, the leaves quite 
short, glossy, of a very deep green, ana curled down- 
wards; the flowers very large, deeply cupped, apricot 
tinted, with a broad yellow band down the center of the 
petal. 
We cannot dismiss the Elegans and Auratum species 
without noticing the ease with which they are grown 
from seed. The tendency to variation in form and 
color, by cross-fertilization, has increased the number of 
varieties to an almost unlimited extent. ‘This has offered 
the growers a fine opportunity to gratify a verv natura. 
desire to honor their friends by naming a flower to com- 
memorate their memories, no less than the gratification 
that comes from the production of a desirabie form, 
which is to be known as the result of the labors of thei> 
own hands, guided by their knowledge and skill in gar- 
dening. However commendabie this zeal may be, it is. 
liable to be overdone, working a real injury to the ama- 
teur who does not detect sufficient variation in many 
forms to entitle them to distinctive varietal names. In 
those already noticed, the casual observer, or those who 
desire Lilies simply for display, would not sanction more 
than three or four distinct types, and he or they would | 
very naturally think that these names were applied sim-- 
ply for purposes of sale. In a measure, this is true; in- 
reality, not ; an enthusiast will always see more to admire 
in any form, than an ordinary observer, and if the form 
is a creature of his own head and hands his vision is’ 
doubly active. On the other hand, the beginner will take 
