AND THEIR CULTURE. 



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T. Foiiimei is an early flowering form^ having its stem densely 

 'Covered with greyish fluiiy pubescence. 



T, TAshmanni — .Moore^ Florist, 1873, 13, with a figure, is a form 

 which has the dots confined to the central part of the segments, the 

 upper part and the base being without dots. 



T. Erecfum has the pedicels less divaricated, and the flowers nearly 

 erect. Introduced to our gardens in 1804 by Captain Kirkpatrick, 

 but well known previously, though not named, by a figure published 

 an 1791 by Sir Joseph Banks. -^ 



17. L. O.vi/pctalum, Baker. — Fritil- 

 laria oxi/petala, Royle. — 111. Him., 388 ? 

 Hook., Bot. Mag., t. 4,731 ; Leraaire, 

 Fleur., t. 422.-1. Triceps, Klotsch, 

 Reise, Wald., 33, t. 93. — Bulb, oblong ; 

 scales, few, lance-shaped, acuminate, ] I 

 -inches long : stem, slender, terete, 

 green, one-headed, smooth, 1 to lifeet 

 high ; leaves, 20 to 30 in number, at 

 first densely rosulate, scattered, ascend- 

 ing, gi*een, smooth, lance-shaped or 

 linear, 2 to 3 inches long, and 3 to G 

 lines broad in the middle ; perianth, 

 horizontal, broadly funnel-shaped, 1 5 to 

 18 lines long; segments, oblong, acute, 

 'broadly imbricated, 8 or 9 lines broad Snake's-head Lily (l. 0.-:i/pctalum). 

 in the middle, purplish, tinged with green on the back, dotted with 

 purple on the lower half of the inner surface, and with numerous 

 papillae crowded together at the base ; claw, short, deeply furrowed 

 and bearded on the outside ; stamens, shorter than the perianth by 

 one-third ; anthers, purplish, 3 or 4 lines long; filaments, diverging; 



* To these we may add two move forms. T. Fonunci Gigantcura, a pyramidal and 

 fine form oi Fort unci, and T. Flore Pkno, a remarkably handsome and vigorous variety, 

 iin which tlie perianth segments, instead of forming a single series as in the type, are 

 multiplied into about six series, and are for the most part opi>osite, lyin" over each 

 •other in their recurved position, like the jictals of the Hexangular C'amellias. 



This group may he consiilered one of the most popular and well known ; few objects, 

 in autumn, stand out so conspicuously graceful as a group of tall AVtll-grown Timers, 

 either the oliXSinmsi^, or the grey hairy-stemmed i''(;y(!«'rt/'i 6-'/^'r/ite«/rt, or the macmificent 

 Splendcns, especially if flanked on either side by a i'cw blooms ot' Auratuin. 



It IS also a most useful plant for harvest festival decoration, its time of bloom cxactty 

 ooinciding. The old Sincnsh is the first to appear, then, a fortnight later, Fortunci and 

 Flore Pkno, and a fortnight later on, SpJciJcns. So that for a peiiod of about 6 to 8 

 weeks, 2'igcr Lilies together with Spcciusum and Aurafum are in full beauty. 



The variety, Lisliraanni, described and figured by ]\roore, docs not, we incline to 

 think, belong properly to this group, being not bulbiferous in the axils, lutt rather to be 

 one of the forms of Mu.rimoick^ii, a recently introduced and veiy variable species, 

 •described later on. The great characteristic of the Tiger group, and one by which they 

 :are easily jiropagated, is the constant presence in the axils of eacli leaf of 1 — 3 bublets 

 (lulbiUa), shiny and blaek, about the size of peas, which, in the autumn fall, or are 

 gathered, and in 3 years time, will, if cultivated, produce flowering bulbs. 



