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of the few that adapts itself to the Atlantic climate, and 
thrives with all the luxuriance of a native plant. It 
grows from four to six feet high, bearing from four to 
ten drooping flowers, of a brilliant orange-red color, not 
unlike some of the brighter forms of Superbum. We 
note the following varieties : 
Var. Bourgzi.—The strongest growing and best 
of its class. It attains a height of seven feet, and gives 
from twenty to thirty flowers, which appear about two 
weeks later than the species; in form and color there is 
not a marked difference between the two. They are 
alike easy of culture. 
Var. pallidifolium.—A small-growing form, with 
lighter colored flowers. 
Var. Robinsoni.—Has the same general habit as 
Bourgei; foliage more full and heavy, flowers bright 
vermilion, shading to yellow in the center, and thickly 
spotted. 
Var. californicum.—lIdentical with the type when 
grown under the same circumstances. 
L. pardinum.—A synonym of ZL. Wilsoni, of 
group ‘‘C,” in Elegans, Page 210, to which it belongs. 
L. Parryi.—This is decidedly the foremost of the 
Californian Lilies when placed in congenial soil and cli- 
mate. We have grown this Lily largely and with much 
satisfaction, but we are free to admit that we knew noth- 
ing of its beauty and capabilities until we saw it at 
Ware’s nursery, Tottenham, England. There it was in 
perfection, growing fully five feet high, bearing several 
flowers of immense size, fully as large as Longiflorum, 
and of the most beautiful form and color, a rich canary- 
yellow, finely spotted. In fact, we did not know the 
Lily when shown to us, with a request for our opinion. 
Fortunately, the label saved us from showing our ignor- 
ance, if it did not our surprise. Then, more than ever, 
we wanted to say to every one in America, ‘‘if you want 
