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autumn, and plunged in the bark-bed; and when the plants are three 

 inches high, planted in separate pots, being re-plunged in the bark- 

 bed, giving water and occasional shade till they are fresh rooted- 

 They must remain constantly in the hot-house, and have frequen 

 moderate waterings given them. 



The first two sorts have a fine appearance in the borders and clumps 

 of pleasure-grounds, where they will succeed when protected in 

 winter from frosts. 



And the tender sorts afford a fine variety in hot-house collections. 



2. LILIUM CANDIDUM. 



WHITE LILY. 



THIS genus contains plants of the bulbous-rooted flowery peren- 

 nial kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Hexandria Monogynia, and ranks 

 in the natural order of Coronaria. 



The characters are: that there is no calyx: the corolla is six- 

 petalled, bell-shaped, narrowed beneath: petals upright, incumbent, 

 obtusely carinated on the back, gradually more expanding, wider; 

 with thick, reflex, obtuse lips: neclary, a longitudinal, tubular line, 

 engraven on each petal from the base to the middle: the stamina 

 have six awl-shaped filaments, upright, shorter than the corolla: 

 anthers oblong, incumbent: the pistillum is an oblong germ, cylin- 

 dric, striated with six furrows: style cylindric, length of the corolla: 

 stigma thickish, triangular: the pericarpium is an oblong six-fur- 

 rawed capsule, with a three cornered, hollow, obtuse tip, three- 

 celled, three-valved ; the valves connected by hairs disposed in a 

 cancellated manner; the seeds are numerous, incumbent in a twin 

 order; flat, outwardly semi-orbicular. 



The species cultivated are : 1. L. candidum, Common White 



