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NOTES ON LILIES 



"Wlu'ii iibout 3 — 4 iiK'lu's liittli. 



Stem 



L. Japoiticuni. 

 green, thickly irrorateil witli 



blown — or green with brown rings just 

 below the insertions of tlie leaves ; leuvos 

 1?. inch to 2 inches long, of a bluish green 

 I'olour, ctlged witli a thin bi'own line, 

 having a lighter colourcil inidril) on upper 

 surface, crei't, bluntly obovate, wide siavad- 

 ing, unfolded to base of stem. 



Z. Brou'iiii. 



Stem and bracts dark ])rownish red, the 

 upper Ih inch of bud only showing a green 

 tint, tipped at the i>oint more or less with 

 brown both on upper and under surface of 

 leaf ; liracts clos(dy ajtpressed to stem, no 

 leaves unfolded, bud closed U[>. 



^Vhen about 8 — 10 inches hijrh. 



Sfcm a blue green, more or less irrorated 

 with brown, getting darker near the base 

 where it leaves the soil, the insertion of 

 the leaf is marked with a brown line or 

 patch ; leaves alternate, continued down 

 the stem to a distance from the soil of 

 2 inches ; semi-erect or horixontal, not 

 arched, not cuiving downwards at tip ; 

 broadest in the middle where they are four 

 times wider than at the insertion, diminish- 

 ing gradually thence to apex and base ; 

 aliout 3^ inches long, soft to the touch ; 

 bracts have died olf and f.dlen. 



Stevi rich dark brown, with brown bracts 

 adherent and fresh, the lower 6 inches un- 

 furnished with leaves, leaves about 4^ 

 inches long, harsh to the touch, lanceolate, 

 pointed green with liroader brown edging, 

 more or less ereet, curving in an arc, with 

 tlie tips invariabl}- pointeil downwards. 

 At its broadest part which is nearer the 

 iipex tlian the base, it is only twice as liroad 

 as at the insertion. 



Apex of bud at summit of stem when 8 inches high. 



Formed of 4 leaves, open, divergent, with Foraied of 4 or 6 leaves tightly closed 



their tips directed outwnrds, as in Loiuji- together, as in Auratum. 

 florum. 



Bluish m-een. 



Prevailing tint of plant. 



Bronzed red relieved with green. 



Flower bud. 



Pale gi'een, tinted on the upper surface 

 with lirown, considerably swollen about the 

 middle ; blunt at the ti]>, one of the petals 

 generally shorter than tlie others, exposing 

 a yellow surface. 



Chocolate or reddish brown, tinted both 

 above and below ; the tip whii'h is acute 

 being of a darker colour than the middle 

 of the bud ; shape long and narrow, only 

 slightly thickened at about two-thirds of 

 its length. 



Flower. 



"When first opened disidosing a golden 

 yellow interior, whicli fades gratlually to a 

 rich cream colour; tube dilating from base to 

 disCi but especially dilated about one-third 

 down ; disc somewhat revolute, anthers 

 light brown, fragrance very great, re- 

 sembling that of the Cape Jessamine. 



When first open disclosing a white or 

 liglit creamy wliite tint, soon fading to a 

 pure white, contrasting very beautifully 

 with the rich chocolate coloured exterior. 

 Tube cylindrical, and but slightly dilated ; 

 disc large, rounded, very greatly revolute ; 

 anthers dark brown ; fragrance moderate 

 like that oi Lou iji florum. 



Compare likewise the following statement of the celebrated Bulb 

 grower_, J. H. Krelage, of Haarlem. 



"About 40 years ago, there was cultivated with success in my father's 

 garden, under the name of L. Japonicum, a fine and rare Lily. 



