their Cultivatioii, Propagatloti, 6^c. 37 



attaining the height of five or six feet ; each branch support- 

 ing two or more flowers ; leaves, oval lanceolate, acuminate, 

 5-nerved. The annexed engraving {fig. 4,) represents a speci- 

 men of the L. speciosum, var. riibrum, which has flowered in 

 our collection the last three years, and which is probably one of 

 the largest in the country. We selected it from among sev- 

 eral large bulbs in the collection of Mr. Groom, near London, 

 whose stock of the Japan lilies is the most extensive in Eng- 

 land. It is a little different in habit from either the album 

 or punctatum ; being more dwarf, shorter jointed, with smaller 

 foliage, and later in blooming than those varieties. 



"Nature," says M. Lemaire, "seems to have been extreme- 

 ly prodigal in her gifts to the Japan lilies ; for she has be- 

 stowed upon them a beautiful habit, superb foliage, ample 

 flowers,' of the richest color, and the sweetest odor." Indeed, 

 nothing can be more truly exquisite than the rubrum ; and we 

 scarcely need repeat, — what we have before stated, — that we 

 consider them the greatest acquisitions which have been made 

 since the introduction of the camellia, 



2. Li'lium specio^sum var. a'lbum. The White Japan Lily. 

 Syn. L. lancifolium album, L. eximium Hort., L. specoisum albiflorum 

 Hook. L. BroussartM Morr. 



Flowers pure snowy white, covered with white points and 

 projections in the same manner as the L. var. rubrum. It 

 attains a greater height than the former, the branches are 

 more extended, and the foliage longer. The bulbs also in- 

 crease much more readily than the rubrum. It is the most 

 robust of the several varieties, strong plants in our collection 

 having produced upwards oi forty flowers. 



3. Li'lium specio'sum var. puncta^tum. The Rose-colored 



Japan Lily. 



Syn. I/ilium lancifolium punctatum Hort. L. lancifolium var. r6seum 

 Paxt. Mag. of Bat. 



Flowers pale blush, covered with delicate roseate points 

 and projections in the same style as the rubrum ; habit sim- 

 ilar to the L. var. album, growing to the height of seven feet, 

 but not quite so spreading in its branches. It is nearly two 

 weeks earlier in blooming than the rubrum. 



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