The in the wild garden or the shrubbery, where its flowers are toned 



Isolirion down by the greenery whence it emerges. There are some 



Group of the f rms of this which are superior to others, but all are glowing 



Lilv and its oran g e m their colour, and can be cultivated with the minimum 



, of trouble in sun or partial shade. 



Probably next to it in ease of culture are L. umbellatum 

 and its numerous varieties. From two to four feet high, these 

 Lilies have large umbels of showy flowers, ranging from yellow 

 to orange and scarlet, and are brilliant plants, and hardly less 

 enduring than the Orange Lily, either in the border, the wild 

 garden, or the shrubbery. Among the best are: the scarlet 

 and yellow erectum\ the rich, dark crimson incomparable ; the 

 bright scarlet sappho, shading off to orange ; the golden yellow 

 Cloth of Gold, and the showy grandijiorum, with light orange- 

 red flowers in fine heads. Other excellent forms are 'Totten- 

 hami, yellow, spotted red ; the tall-growing maculatum, orange, 

 spotted red ; and multiflorum, scarlet and orange. L. umbellatum 

 is sometimes called L. davuricum, but the true L. davuricum 

 (dauricum of Kew) is a distinct species of the same group with 

 yellow flowers, flushed with red, spotted with black, and yielding 

 from three to six flowers together. 



Next in point of value, although considered slightly more 

 tender, a suggestion the writer has not found in accordance 

 with experience, comes Z/. elegans or thunbergianum, of which 

 there are several very beautiful varieties, and which is a more 

 slender and more graceful Lily, suitable either for the border or 

 for planting among grass or other low carpeters. 



Probably the greatest favourite in this class is Alice Wilson, 

 golden yellow, but it is more expensive than the deeply-coloured 

 Atrosanguineum, which is rich red, more deeply spotted ; the 



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