AND THEIR CULTURE. 75 



From the Himalayas, (27), Hookeri, a form nearly related to 

 Hoseum, but now referred by Mr. Baker to Fritillarias. 



Even in Europe. — Chaiixii (28), a new form of Croceum, with 

 but few spots, and Pomponiuji Verum (29), the handsome scarlet 

 early Martagon, are discoveries of Mr. George Maw; (30), Croceum 

 Tenuifgliuji, allied to SpedahUe, (ol), Croceum Grandiflorum, 

 an improved garden foi-m, (32), Carniolicum Unicolor, a form 

 without spots, (33), a double form of Candidum, and (34), another 

 variety of the same Lily with flowers splashed with purple, and (35), 

 a very beautiful form of the same Lily, with foliage deeply margined 

 with golden yellow, a great ornament to our winter gardens. 



(36). Several improved forms of Davuricum Umbellatum. 



Lastly we must not forget to add the very beautiful seedling forms 

 raised by hybridisation mentioned by Mr. Hovey, page 65, notably, 

 Melpomene and Parkmanni. 



By the exertions of our Plant Collectors and Plant Merchants, all 

 the above named forms, with very few exceptions, have been intro- 

 duced in such numbers, as to be within reach of all Lily growers. 

 The same may also be said of many of the kinds mentioned by 

 Duchartre as rare and scarce, more especially we may specify Thun- 

 hergicmum Aarantiacum Vermun, the original form described by 

 Thunberg, and figured in Paxton's Mag., ^. 6, p. 127, Thunhergianum 

 Alternans. T. Wilsoni, Hansoni, Medeoloides, Cafesbcvi, Buschianum, 

 Polyphyllum, WalUchlanuni, Neilgherriciim, Nepaloise, Wansliaraicum y 

 CordifoUuni, Japonicum, Colchesterii (Odoratum) , CaroUnianum, 

 Columbianum, Humholdtii, Parvum, and many others. All of which 

 may be procured by collectors and cultivators at very reasonable 

 prices. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



ON 



LILY BULBS. 



(From F. W. Burhridge's Paper in Garden, vol. 11, p. lllj. 

 Eevised by Dr. Wallace. 



Their Form, Colour, and Uses. 



The form of Lily bulbs, even of the same variety, is liable to vary 

 according to different phases of their growth; thus young bulbs, 

 before flowering, have plump, closely imbricated scales, but when the 

 flower-stem pushes up, the scales become thinner and wider apart. 

 Imported bulbs are sometimes loose and open, especially if they have 



