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with the White Lily, it makes an imposing appearance, 

 It flowers about the first of July. 



L Thunbergianum. The Dwarf Orange Lily. More 

 dwarfish than the last ; about two feet high, with three 

 or four upright orange flowers on a stem ; in flower in 

 July. This is the L. aurantiacum of the catalogues. 



Li tigrinum. Tiger-spotted Lily. A quite common, 

 strong-growing species ; but very showy, having fine, re- 

 flexed, orange flowers, with black spots. It has the pecu- 

 liarity of producing small bulbs in the axils of the leaves. 

 It grows from four to six feet high, flowering in August, 

 and is a suitable plant for the shrubbery as well as the 

 border. It is very easily propagated, as all the axillary 

 bulbs, when planted in the ground, soon produce flower- 

 ing plants. 



L* Pomponium. Scarlet Pompone Lily. This is a 

 beautiful species, with scarlet reflexed petals, flowering in 

 June and July. It is rather a shy flowerer, and has not 

 flourished so well with us as some other sorts. 



L. Chalcedonicum. Chalcedonian Lily. This is an- 

 other fine Scarlet Lily, with reflexed petals, growing three 

 or four feet high, and flowering in July. L. pyrenaicum, 

 with reflexed yellow flowers, with scarlet anthers, we 

 have in our collection ; very pretty, but producing only 

 from one to three flowers in each stem. Among other 

 beautiful species, are L. Catesbcei, a native of the South, 

 with orange-colored flowers, and dwarf in its habit. L. 

 monadelphum, a species from Caucasus 1 ; and many others 

 which may be obtained from the Dutch florists. Lily 

 bulbs, when transported from Holland, are so much weak- 

 ened, from being kept so long out of ground, that more 

 than one-half of them perish ; and the few that vegetate 

 frequently stand a number of years before they get 

 strength to bloom. 



