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NOTES ON LILIES 



has similar bulbs^ but the scales of that plant are pointed, whereas 

 nearly all the smooth white scales of Catcshvi bear a scar at the apex 

 where a leaf has fallen away, nearly all the young scales being termi- 

 nated by slender, sinuate leaves, as shown in our illustration.* 



L. JjidJiifcrurn. — 'An extremely variable plant, the bulbs of the 

 different forms varying in size from that of a small AValnut, as in 

 Tliunhergianum Alutaceum (a dwarf, apricot-coloured species, which 

 bears its erect flowers on stems 2 or 4 inches in height) to large, 

 plump bulbs the size of a large Orange, and having very closely im- 

 bricated scales, as in T/nniberiilanum Sph'itdons and in Umhcdatiim 

 Maculatum of gardens. Mv. Baker describes the bulbs as " ovoid- 

 perennial, scales few, broad, and acute." Our illustrations give some 

 idea of the variability of bulb-growth observable in the varieties or 

 forms of this species. The bulb of Unibellatinn Macuhthtm sent us 

 fi'om Colchester was fully 4 inches in diameter, the numerous fleshy, 

 broadly lance-shaped, purplish scales, being closely appresscd so as 

 to give a remarkably solid appearance to the whole bulb. Mr. Baker 

 describes this as a "luxuriant garden form of Davuricuvi." With 

 it came the smaller bulb of Croceum, with broader and fewer pinky- 

 white scales, and these 

 are more constricted than 

 in UiiiheUatiivi. Thiniher- 

 r/iatium Sphndois has 

 bulbs similar to those of 

 UmhcUatum, but smaller, 

 with purple-tinted, 

 closoly-appressed scales, 

 and the bulbs are apt to 

 assume the flat-topped 

 contour so characteristic 

 of Brownn and LoDijiflo- 

 riim..\ Davuricum proper 

 is rather peculiar in its 

 bulb-growth, and we 

 figure two of the most 

 distinct of its forms. 

 Oue type has ovoid bulbs 

 composed of narrow, 

 lance-shaped, fleshy 

 scales, these last being 

 extremely brittle at the 

 base, indeed, the old 

 flowerino; bulbs are apt 



I).ilr,iri;i) ; natural hizu 

 I'oloiir, whitish. 



L. Davi'.r'cii III iKurnji 

 ciiltivatf(l hull 



to fall to ])ieces unless handled very gently. This form, as 



* Th'- illustrations of Philndclphkum and Cateshcci are both perfectl\' correct. 

 + Bulbs of all the UmhcUatum family are more or less flattened at the top. 



