LILIUM 



THE BULB BOOK 



LILIUM 



and better-coloured flowers than the 

 type (Gard. 1904, Ixv. 406). 



The best time to plant the bulbs 

 of L. giganteum is about the end of 

 April or early in May, leaving the 

 upper half uncovered with soil. It 

 is safer to lift the bulbs in autumn 

 and store them in frost-proof places 

 during the winter, as they are not 

 hardy except in the very mildest 

 parts of the Kingdom, where the large 

 seed-pods are also freely produced. 



L. Grayl. A native of the Alle- 

 ghanies of Virginia and North 

 Carolina, related to L. canadense. It 

 has small roundish bulbs arising 

 annually from a creeping root-stock. 

 Stems 2 to 3 ft. high. Flowers 

 drooping, rich crimson, funnel-shaped, 

 heavily blotched with purple at the 

 yellowish base of the reflexed petals. 

 (Bot. Mag. t. 7234.) 



L. Hansoni. A fine Japanese Lily 

 3 to 4 ft. high, having bright orange- 

 yellow flowers with reflexed petals, 

 heavily spotted with blackish or 

 brownish purple (Elwes, Lil. t. 34). 

 A good Lily for forcing. 



L. Heldreichi. This species in- 

 habits the mountains of Greece at 

 an altitude of 6000 to 8000 ft. and is 

 intermediate between L. carniolicum 

 and L. chalcedonicum. It has ovoid 

 bulbs, stoutish green stems spotted 

 with purple, and 2 to 3 ft. high, each 

 bearing a solitary bright reddish- 

 yellow flower about 2 ins. long. 



L. Henryi. A strong and free- 

 flowering species from the limestone 

 gorges of Central China. Stems 3 to 

 6 ft. high, furnished with lance- 

 shaped leaves 6 to 8 ins. long, and 

 having rich orange-red flowers 3 to 4 

 ins. across, spotted with black, and 

 having numerous raised papillae 

 near the base. (Bot. Mag. t. 7177 ; 

 Garden, 1891, 830; Gard. Chron. 

 1890, viii. 380, fig. 75.) 



L. Humboldti. A graceful Cali- 



fornian Lily 4 to 8 ft. high, with 

 oval lance-shaped leaves in whorls of 

 ten to twenty. Flowers drooping, 

 rich orange yellow, heavily spotted 

 with purple on the lower half of the 

 reflexed petals. (Elwes, Lil. t. 32.) 



FIG. 231. lillum Henryi. 



The variety Jttoomeriamim has 

 golden-yellow flowers tipped with 

 purple, and having large spots (Fl. 

 d. Serr. tt. 1 973-4) ; ocellaticm, yellow, 

 heavily blotched with purple ; also 

 magnificiim, orange, spotted maroon, 

 each spot oculated with crimson. 



L. Jankae. A native of the 

 Transylvanian mountains, with bulbs 

 about 2 ins. in diameter, and stout 

 closely leafy stems 2 to 3 ft. high, 

 bearing pale yellow unspotted flowers 

 about 2 ins. long, the segments 

 reflexing from below the middle. 



L. japonicum (L. odornm). A fine 

 Japanese species 1 to 3 ft. high, with 

 broadly funnel-shaped, sweet-scented 

 flowers of a pure ivory-white, some- 



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