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The Japan Lilies ; 



the Avhite and rose-colored varieties, that it is difficult to 

 change it. We have, in most instances, called them the 



lancifolium ourselves, 

 as we found this the 

 case in nearly every 

 nursery which we vis- 

 ited near London, in 

 the fall of 1844 ; but, in 

 order to give now the 

 correct and established 

 names under which 

 they shall hereafter be 

 known, we have care- 

 fully looked up the va- 

 rious authorities, and, 

 just as we commenced 

 this article, the Octo- 

 ber number of Van 

 Houtte's Flore des Ser- 

 ves came to hand, in 

 which the whole mat- 

 ter is fully elucidated ; 

 and we follow the in- 

 telligent botanist, M. 

 Chas. Lemaire, who 

 penned the descriptive 

 article accompanying a 

 beautiful colored plate 

 of the L. speciosum, 

 var. rubrum, the most 

 exquisite of the four 

 varieties. 



Flowers very large, 

 drooping, with the seg- 

 ments undulated and 

 reflexed ; of a clear, rich 



riff. 4. Ldlium spedosum var. rubrum. rOSC-COlor, COVCrcd with 



numerous deep crimson points and projections, which sparkle 

 with a chrystal brilliancy. The stem is upright and branched. 



