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NOTES ON LILIES 



it is not to Le expected, that we liavc been fortunate enougli to hit 

 evervLocly's ideal of the l)ulb-growth of the species iigurcd, still 

 eveiy figure has been carefully made from an actual bulb. Nor did 

 I altogether trust to my own experience in the matter, since the 

 selection of the type specimens in nearly all cases, was made for me 

 by Mr. G. F. Wilson, Ur. Wallace, Mr. Horsman, Mr. Bull, Mr. Barr, 

 and other well-known lAly im])ortefs and cultivators. Not a scale 

 has been added or sacrificed for artistic purposes, and in most cases 

 the original sketches are reproduced of the natm-al size. 



SU B-GENUS I. 



Cardiocrinum. 

 Lilhim CordijJorinn. — The stately Cordiflorum and Gvjanteiim (the 

 latter now pretty generally grown in our gardens) are readily dis- 

 tinguished from all other Lilies by their broadly heart-shaped, 

 Funkia-like leaves, the large thickened bases of which Ijecome some- 

 what indurated and permanent, forming 

 what may be called a bulb, but one essen- 

 tially difierent in texture and general 

 appearance from the bulbs of all other 

 Lily species. Gigantcum is so similar to 

 the Japanese Gordifolium, both in foliage 

 and flower, that I follow Mr. Baker in 

 considering them merel}'' forms of the 

 same plant,* a little varied, perhaps, by 

 different climate, soil, and other conditions 

 mainly dependent on geographical distri- 

 bution. If all other characters fail, how- 

 ever, the plants are readily distinguished 

 Ijy their bulbs, which differ in several 

 particulars, but like those of many other 

 Lilies, more in general appearance than 

 in describable characters. Mr. Baker 

 describes the bulb oiCordifolinin as being 

 " in every respect like that of Giganteum,. 

 but smaller, and with thicker, more- 

 wrinkled, and less regular scales." I also 

 find the bulbs smaller, and the scales 

 thicker and more succulent, smooth, even 

 L. Cordifolium (Jajian and China); glossy when freshly dug. I have not seen 

 lialf natural size ; from cultivated j^.y ])ull)S, but as a rule the more fleshy and 



bulb; colour, iTceu and brown. *^ i ^ i n i „ -t .i ^i „ ^^,.^ 



' ' " succulent bulbs are when fresh, the more 



wrinkled they become when dried. Both are deciduous in November, 



and the bulbs of Cordifolium are then plump and glossy, the size of a 



* 1 can hardly agi-ec with this, I consider these two very dillerent both as to growth,, 

 flower, and bull-i, see my remarks on these ililLrences, in "Synopsis," next chapter. 



