their Cultivation, Propagation, 6^c. 35 



We had intended to have given this article in our last vol- 

 ume, but, as we were desirous to accompany it with an en- 

 graving of one of the plants, we were compelled to postpone 

 it till the present time, — our sketch made in the summer of 

 1846 having been lost. The season is now at hand when the 

 bulbs should receive attention, and we therefore embrace an 

 early opportunity for its appearance, that those who have the 

 plants may know how to manage them so as to produce the 

 best results. 



History. 



According to Ksempfer, the Japanese obtain these lilies from 

 Corea ; M. Thunberg also confirms this opinion, and M. Sie- 

 bold asserts that he did not find them anywhere except under 

 garden cultivation. For the introduction of the several vari- 

 eties into Europe, we are indebted to that indefatigable trav- 

 eller, Dr. Siebold, who brought them to Holland on his return 

 from Japan, in 1830. They first flowered in the Botanic 

 Garden of Ghent, in 1832, and, in 1836 or 1837, in the nurse- 

 ries around London, at which time we gave a brief account 

 of them in our Magazine, (IV. p. 63.) They were first intro- 

 duced into the vicinity of Boston in 1839 or '40, and flowered 

 for the first time in 1841. The rubrumis still very rare ; but 

 the white and rose-colored varieties are now to be found in 

 many fine collections of plants. 



Dr. Siebold brought with him several other species of lil- 

 ies, some of which have subsequently flowered, but none have 

 proved so splendid as these. A few of the former are the tes- 

 taceum, Thunbergiawwm, Brownii, &c. &c. 



Descriptions of Varieties. 



1. LfLiuM sPECio^suM. var. ru^brum. — The Crimson Japan Lily. 

 Synonymes. L. speciosum TAwnJ. ; Zi. versicolor iiiCBWj^/er,- i. sup^rb- 

 um Thunb. PL Japan ; L. Broussartw Morr. ; L. lancifolium Hort. 



For a long time botanists, as well as cultivators, have been 

 divided in opinion as regards the specific name of the Japan 

 lily. Thunberg called it speciosum ; but, after its introduc- 

 tion to Europe, it received the name of lancifolium, and this 

 has become so generally adopted, especially with regard to 



