LILIUM 



THE BULB BOOK 



LILIUM 



times tinged with purple outside, 6 to 

 9 ins. across when fully open (JJot. 

 May. t. 1591 ; JElwts, LiL t. 14). 



FIG. 235. Lilium japonicu 



A somewhat delicate species requir- 

 ing protection in winter in unfavour- 

 able localities. It is a good greenhouse 

 Lily. 



L. Kelloggl.-- A pretty Calif ornian 

 Lily, 3 to 5 ft. high, resembling L. 

 Columbianum. Flowers delicate, 

 pinkish purple, becoming deeper with 

 age, banded with yellow and finely 

 dotted with maroon on the reflexed 

 petals. From eight to twenty flowers 

 are borne in a truss. (Gard. Chron. 

 1903, xxxiii. 422; Garden, 1901, i. f. 

 330.) 



L. Kewense. This is a hybrid 

 between L. llenryi and L. Broivni 

 chlumster (Gard. 1900, Iviii. 99, f.). 



L. Kramer! (L. Elisabethce). A 

 distinct and free-flowering Japanese 

 Lilium 3 to 4 ft. high, bearing sweet- 

 scented pink llowers (Bot. Mag. t. 

 6058 ; JEltoes, Lil. t. 14). 



L. lankongense. A species from 

 Yunnan, West China (altitude 8000 to 

 9000 ft.), closely related to L. poly- 

 phylhim. The slender downy stems 

 are 1 to 2 ft. high, with narrow 

 leaves about 2i ins. long, and droop- 

 ing long-stalked flowers white or 



purple, spotted with black, the seg- 

 ments being reflexed from low down. 



L. Leichtlini. A fine Japanese 

 species 3 to 4 ft. high, with drooping 

 citron-yellow flowers heavily spotted 

 with purple, the petals being rolled 

 back, as in the Turk's Cap forms 

 (Bot. Mag. t. 5673 ; Elwes, Lil. t. 39). 



There are a few forms, such as 

 ma jus, like the type but larger ; 

 plati/petalum, with broad petals ; and 

 tigrinum, heavily spotted. 



L. leucanthum. A fine West 

 Chinese Lilium (altitude 4000 to 5000 

 ft.), closely related to L. Browni, 

 and at one time considered to be 

 a variety of it (see Bot. Mag. t. 

 6722). It has large roundish bulbs 

 and sturdy stems 3 to 4 ft. high, 

 clothed with numerous lance-shaped 

 leaves about 3 ins. long. The funnel- 

 shaped perianth about 6 ins. long, is 

 milky -white, slightly tinged with 

 green near the base outside, unspotted, 

 and tinged with pale yellow towards 

 the base inside. 



FIG. 236. Lilium longiflorum. 



L. longiflorum. A charming 

 Japanese Lilium, 1 to 3 ft. high, 



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