LILIUM 



THE BULB BOOK 



LILIUM 



classed as a variety of L. elegans. 

 It grows 3 to 5 ft. high, and has 

 unspotted flowers 4 to 5 ins. across, 

 of a glowing reddish-apricot tint. 



FIG. 229. Lilium Bakerianum. (J.) 



L. Bolanderi. A Californian 

 species, 1^ to 3 ft. high, with ob- 

 lanceolate leaves mainly in four 

 whorls of twelve to fifteen, and 

 bearing deep crimson, dark spotted, 

 funnel-shaped flowers, something like 

 L. Grayi (Garden, Oct. 1890). 



L. Browni. A magnificent Japanese 

 Lilium, 2 to 4 ft. high, with purple- 

 spotted stems, and horizontal, tubular 

 bell-shaped flowers G to 9 ins. long, 



FIG. 230. Lilium Browni, (J.) 



pure white with a purple line down 

 the centre of the three inner petals, 

 the whole being suffused with purple 

 outside (Fl. d. Serr. t. 47). There 



are a few forms such as chloraster y 

 odor-urn, jalatyphylliim, .and viridu- 

 lum. 



L. bulbiferum. A well - known 

 species 2 to 4 ft. high, with erect 

 crimson flowers spotted with brown, 

 and shading off to orange-red. Shiny 

 black bulbils are borne freely in the 

 axils of the leaves. Europe. (Sot. 

 Mag. tt. 36, 1018 ; Elwes, Lil. t. 23.) 



L. Burbanki. A hybrid between 

 L. pardalinum and L. Washingtoni- 

 anum, with orange - yellow flowers 

 spotted with purple. 



L. callosum. A native of China 

 and Japan. Flowers drooping, orange- 

 scarlet, H ins. long, borne in clustered 

 racemes on stems 2 to 3 ft. high. 

 (Fl. d. Serr. t. 230 ; Elwes, Lil. t. 41.) 



L. canadense (L. penduliflorum). 

 Flowers, drooping, funnel - shaped, 

 varying in colour from bright orange- 

 yellow to pale bright red, the upper 

 half being heavily spotted with purple 

 brown (ot. Mag. t. 800). There are 

 varieties known as rubrwm, parvum, 

 and flavum. Canada. (Bot. Mag. 

 tt. 800, 6146 ; Elwes, Lil. t. 27.) L. 

 canadense is often confused with 

 L. superbum. but is quite distinct 

 from it. 



L. candidum. This is the well- 

 known pure white Madonna Lily of 

 S. Europe, Asia Minor, etc. There are 

 a few varieties not of much conse- 

 quence. (Bot. Mag. t. 278.) This is 

 best grown in soil not too rich, and it 

 is also better to leave it undisturbed 

 when well established. Otherwise 

 the Lily disease may play havoc with 

 the plants in a short time. (Bot. 

 Mag. t. 278; Elwes, Lil. t. 9.) A 

 good Lily for forcing. Fig. 231. 



L. carniolicum. Flowers drooping, 

 recurved, H to 2 ins. deep, varying 

 from bright orange-yellow to scarlet. 

 S. Europe. (Elwes, Lil. t. 45.) 



L. Catesbaai. Flowers of a bright 

 orange-red, heavily spotted with 



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