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L I L 



in the ln-ginning of August, and, when the roi is 

 are large, in great numbers, maki ie ap- 



pearance. According to Catesby, on i hi 

 the stern are about twelvt pendulous flowers on 

 long arched peduncles, and the petals ai re- 

 flected very little. It Rowers in July and Au- 

 gust, and is round in North Ann 



There i- ;i variety with larger deeper-colour- 

 ed flowers. 



The ninth has a roundish small bulb: the 

 stem quit* sim| Ie round, even, a foot high : the 

 haves lanceolate or lanceolate-linear, sessile, 

 four or six, striated, rather blunt, even, up- 

 right ; two or three of the upper ones usually 

 alternate, narrower: the flowers terminating, 

 few, an inch and a halt' in diameter, on verv 

 short, naked, almost upright peduncles : the 

 petals ovate, blunt, even, striated, purple, 

 not rolled back, attenuated at the base : the fila- 

 ments shorter bv hall than the corolla: the an- 

 thers upright : the germ triangular and oblong : 

 style none : stigmas three, oblong, curved 

 back, almost the length of the germ. It is a 

 native of Kamtschatka. 



The tenth species lias a smaller root than in 

 the other sorts, scaly and white : the stem 

 single, upright, near a foot and half high : the 

 leaves in four or five whorls, short, pretty- 

 broad, obtuse : the stem terminated by two 

 flowers which stand erect, upon short separate 

 peduncles ; thev are shaped like those of the 

 bulb-bearing fiery Lilv, but the petals are nar- 

 rower at their base, so that there is a consider- 

 able space between them, but upwards thev en- 

 large and approximate, forming a sort of open 

 bell-shaped corolla, but thev terminate in acute 

 points : are of abright purple colour, marked with 

 several dark purple spots towards the base. It 

 flowers in Julv, and the seeds ripen at the end of 

 September. It is a native of North America. 



Culture. — All the sorts are capable of being 

 increased by planting the off-sets of the root, 

 and by sowing seeds to obtain new varieties. 



All the sorts of these roots afford plenty of 

 off-sets every year, which when greatly wanted 

 may be taken oil' annually in autumn ; but once 

 in two or three years is better, according as they 

 arc wanted ; the proper time for which is in 

 summer and autumn, when the flower is past 

 and th d, either separating the 



off-sets from the mother bulbs in l«;e ground, or 

 takiu : the whole up, and separating all the off- 

 sets, small and great, from the main bulbs; the 

 sin .11 off-SCtS being then planted in beds a foot 

 asunder and three inches deep, to remain a year 

 or two; and the huge bulbs again in the bor- 

 ders, &c. singly. The oft"- sets in the nursery 

 beds may er baving obtained size and 



strength for flowering in perfection, he pi 



out v . are « anted. 



The sowing of the seed is chiefly practised 

 for the Martagons to obtain new varieties, 

 which should be done in autumn, soon after 

 id is ripe, ill pots or boxes of rich light 

 saudy earth, with holes in the bottoms half an 

 iuch deep; placing the pots in a sunny sheltered 

 situation all winter, refreshing them at lirst 

 often with water, and the plant.- will appear in 

 the spring; when, about April, remove them to 

 have only the morning sun all the summer, giv- 

 ing moderate waterings : in August the bulbs 

 should be transplanted into nurserv-beds in flat 

 drills, an inch deep, and three or four asunder ; 

 when, as the bulbs will be verv small, scatter the 

 earth and bulbs together into the drills, cover- 

 ing them with earth to the above depth ; and 

 after having grown in this situation till the Au- 

 gust or September following, they should be 

 transplanted into another bed, placing them 

 eight or nine inches each way asunder, to re- 

 main to show their first flowers ; after which 

 they may be finally planted out into the plea- 

 sure-ground. 



New varieties of the other sorts may be rais- 

 ed in the same way. 



The bulb-bearing varieties may also be in- 

 creased bv the little bulbs put forth from the 

 axils of the leaves without taking up the old 

 bulbs. 



The same method of planting and general 

 culture answers for all the different sorts. 



The most proper time, as has been seen, for 

 planting and transplanting then; is in autumn, 

 w hen their flowers and stalks decav, which is 

 generally about September, the roots being then 

 at rest for a short ispace of time, as well as for 

 procuring roots to plant. The bulbs taken up 

 at the above season may be kept out of ground, 

 if necessary, till October or November : the 

 White Lilies, however, do not succeed if kept 

 long out of the earth, and all the others succeed 

 bestwhen planted againas soon as possible. The 

 bulbs of all the sorts are sold at the nurserii -. 



They should be planted singly, as they soon 

 increase by off-sets into large bunches, dispos- 

 ing them in assemblage in different pan- of 

 the borders, and towards the fronts of the prin- 

 cipal shrubbery clumps; placing them three or 

 four inches deep, ami at good distances from 

 one another, intermixing the different sorts, 

 placing some forward-, and others more back- 

 ward, to effect tin greater show and variety. 



Some may likewise hi- planted in separate 

 beds by themselves, twelve or fifteen inches 

 asunder; cither of different sorts together, or 

 each in distinct bed.-, or in separate rows, 6<c. 



