212 BULBS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLANTS. 
a feeble constitution ; that under the most favorable cir- 
cumstances it would soon die out. We are confident 
this is a mistake, and the oft-repeated failures with it 
have been the results of over-estimating its hardiness. 
Another cause of failure arises from planting bulbs that 
have been kept too long out of the ground ; in a dry state 
they lose vitality very quickly. The stems grow from 
three to five feet high, and produce from three to twelve 
beautifully reflexed flowers of a rich buff color, delicately 
spotted. In flowering, it follows soon after Candidum. 
L. eximium.—See L. longiflorum, Page 215. 
L. fulgens.—A form of L. elegans, Page 208. 
L. giganteum.—This is a majestic plant, but like 
L. cordifolium, it should not be classed with garden 
Lilies, at least not in America. Its place is the 
ereenhouse, where, with proper management, it is a 
grand plant. As many attempts are made to grow this 
plant, and usually without success, we quote Dr. Wal- 
lace, regarding its character. ‘‘A peculiarity of this 
species (and, we believe, of LZ. cordifolium aiso) is, that 
seedling bulbs or offsets grow on, increasing in size, till 
in a period of from three to five years a large bulb is 
formed, in the case of L. gigantewm, from five to seven 
inches in length, and ten to fifteen inches in diameter ; 
hitherto the foliage has been broad and low growing ; 
but when the bulb has attained the size mentioned, it 
throws up in the spring a much thicker bud—by many 
likened to a young cabbage—whence a stout stem arises, 
sometimes six inches in diameter and from five to ten 
feet high, studded with numerous flowers, resembling 
somewhat the flowering spike of an Aloe, forming a 
striking and beautiful object. In the meanwhile the 
bulb, exhausted by the process, decays and disappears, 
leaving from three to five small offsets, which, in due 
course, increase in size, and, under favorable circum- 
stances, repeat the performance. We should not have 
