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that amongst these Lilies, there are some most wonderful forms and gorgeous pieces of 

 colouring, such as would lead many to disbelieve in the veracity of the artist, hut, on the 

 other hand, we can point to other Lily forms which we know well, depicted therein with 

 fair accuracy, while the birds and insects pourtrayed in some numbers, we recognise to 

 have been truthfully dflintateil. Our own comdusion is, that as yet, we have scarcely 

 touched the rich treasure of wonderful Lilies, which Jajian \n.ll one day send to us. 



43. L. Leichtlinn.— Rook, fil., Bot. Mag., t. 5,673 ; III. Hort., 

 fc. 540; Flore des Serres, t. 1,736; Belg. Hort., t. 11; Floral Mag., 

 t. 509. — Bulb {see page 99), small, perennial, globose ; scales, few, 

 broad, acute, thick, closely imbricated ; stem, 2 or 3 feet high, of a 

 dark brown colour, slender, faintly covered with down, creeping at 

 the base ; leaves, 30 or 40 in number, scattered, linear, ascending,, 

 of a deep green colour, firm, flat, dis- 

 tinctly three-nerved, the lower ones 3 

 to 5 inches long, 3 or 4 lines broad, 

 the upper ones lance-shaped and distant 

 from the flowers; flowers, few, in a 

 loose corymb ; pedicels, erect-patent, 

 3 or 4 inches long, nodding at the top; 

 perianth, scentless, 2h to 3 inches long 

 of a brilliant lemon colour, tinged with 

 purple on the outside, and sprinkled 

 from the base to above the middle on 

 the inside with conspicuous claret- 

 coloured dots; segments, lance-shaped, 

 6 to 9 lines broad in the middle, deeply 

 revolute, callous at the apex, chan- 

 nelled, slightly lamellated near the 

 base ; groove, deep, with faintly pubescent edges ; filaments, yellow, 

 2 to 2^ inches long, diverging widely : anthers, brownish red, 6 to 7 

 lines long ; ovary, slender, 9 lines long, one-third the length of the- 

 curved style. Japan, Maximowicz. It flowers in our gardens in 

 August, at the same time as Tujrvnum. 



Yar. 2l/ay'i( ,9, Wilson, in Joum. Hort., 1873, 371, with a figure, is a 

 luxuriant form, 5 feet high, with leaves 6 or 7 inches long. — ^laxi- 

 movjiczii, Kegel, Ind. Sem. Hort. Petr., 1866, 26 ; Gart., 1868, 322, 

 t. 596; Animad., 1873, 20, is a variety with brilliant scarlet flowers. 

 Japan, Maximowicz. 



A very beautiful form is Lcichtlinii ; it has one peculiarity not noticed above, that, 

 apparently without reason, the shooting stem will run along beneath the soil for a foot 

 or more before making its appearance, consee^uently, these Lilies are erratic in their 

 nature, and unfit for pot cultiu'e. 



"With regard to the Maximov:iczii mentioned above, we have always refen-ed it to the- 

 later mentioned form, Xo. 45, Pscudo Tigriiium. 



44. L. Batemannifp. — Closely alhed to LeicMlinii is another new 

 Lily from Japan, which, through the kindness of Mrs. Bateman, a 

 well-known Liliophile, and one of the first possessors of this kind, 

 we have had the pleasure of calling Batemannice. It grows from 3^ 

 to 4 feet high, and with suitable cultivation, might be expected to 



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^lax Leichtlin's Lily 

 (^L. Lcichtlinii). 



