LILIUM. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



LILIUM. 



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to run as they like with no attention what- 

 ever. In bold masses, no plants can com- 

 pare with the common white Lily when in 

 bloom. It is so fair a flower that there is 

 scarcely a place which a good plant or 

 well-grown group of it will not adorn. 

 Moist loam seems to suit it generally, 

 though, like other Lilies, it will grow in a 

 variety of soils. There are two forms in 

 gardens a thin petalled and a broad 

 petalled form, with petals overlapping 

 and dark stem. This is the handsomest 

 and most vigorous. There is also 

 a late tall variety called speciosum, 

 a beautiful one. It thrives best on 

 calcareous soils. 



L. CHALCEDONICUM (Scarlet Mar- 

 tagon) . A very old and handsome 

 Lily, of tall and graceful growth, 

 and bears several pendulous, ver- 

 milion, turban-shaped blossoms 

 about the end of July. It is one 

 of the easiest to cultivate, thrives 

 in almost any soil, and is best when 

 well established and left undis- 

 turbed. There are a few varieties, 

 majus being the largest and best. 

 The others are grcecum, rather 

 taller than the type, and having 

 smaller flowers ; pyrenaicum, with 

 yellow flowers ; Heldreichi, tall 

 and robust, flowering a week or 

 two earlier ; and maculatum, a 

 very handsome form. Native of 

 Greece and Ionian Isles. Similar 

 to the scarlet Martagon is the 

 Japanese L. callosum, a pretty 

 Lily, i^ to 3 feet high, with slender 

 stems, bearing in summer several 

 brilliant scarlet blossoms. L. car- 

 niolicum, of a similar character, 

 is i to 3 feet high, and produces in 

 early summer turban-shaped nod- 

 ding blossoms of bright vermilion 

 or yellow. 



L. CONCOLOR. A pretty little 

 Lily from Japan, i to 3 feet high, 

 bearing three to six bright scarlet 

 flowers, which are spotted with 

 black, star-shaped, and erect. 

 There are some three or four 

 varieties pulchellum, or Buschi- 

 anum, an early variety from 

 Siberia, i to 2 feet high, with 

 crimson blossoms ; Coridion, with 

 flowers somewhat larger than the 

 type, and of a rich yellow spotted 

 with brown ; sinicum, a Chinese 

 form, with four to six crimson 

 flowers heavily spotted and larger 

 than the type ; and Partheneion, 

 with scarlet flowers flushed with 

 yellow. This charming Lily and 

 its varieties are quite hardy, though they 

 require some attention in cultivating. 

 They succeed in half-shady places in a 

 soil composed of two parts of peat, one 

 of loam, and one of road-scrapings ; but 

 seem to require renewing every few years. 



L. CROCEUM (Orange Lily). One of the 

 sturdiest and hardiest, and therefore one 

 of the commonest of Lilies. It grows in 

 almost any soil or position, and bears in 

 early summer huge heads of large rich 

 orange flowers. In the mixed border it 

 is attractive, but shows best on the margin 

 of a shrubbery, where its stems just over- 

 top the surrounding foliage. It is always 

 best after some years' growth. Lilies are 

 said not to like manure, but we have never 

 seen this one so fine as when in well- 



Lilium candidum (White or Madonna Lily). 



manured ground after several years' 

 growth. 



L. DAVURICUM. A slender European 

 Lily with moderate-sized red flowers, 

 spotted with black. Like L. elegans, it 

 has several, varieties, the chief being 



