LILTUM 



THE BULB BOOK 



LILIUM 



L. parvum. A pretty Lily from 

 the subalpine regions of the Sierra 

 Nevadas of California (altitude 5000 

 ft.), where it grows "in a soil of 

 granitic sand and leaf-mould, on the 

 margins of lakes and on the banks of 

 cold streams." It varies from 1 to 6 

 ft. high, has ovate lance - shaped 

 leaves, some in whorls, and broadly 

 funnel-shaped flowers with recurving 

 tips, rich orange in the centre, the red 

 tops being finely dotted. 



L. philadelphicum. A North 

 American species, 1 to 3 ft. high, with 

 cup-shaped flowers having the base 

 of the petals yellow spotted with 

 maroon and the tips bright scarlet 

 (Sot. May. t. 519; Red. Lil. t. 104 ; 

 Bot. Jiftj. t. 594; Elwes, Lil. t. 17). 

 The variety andinum has narrower 

 and fewer leaves. 



L. philippinense. A native of the 

 Philippine Islands, li to 2 ft. high, 

 with large pure white, sweet-scented, 

 tubular flowers (Bot. Mag. t. 6250; 

 Elwfx, Lil. t. 3). This species should 

 be grown in a greenhouse. 



L. polyphyllum. A delicate but 

 charming Himalayan species, 2 to 3 

 ft. high, with waxy- white drooping 

 flowers 5 to 6 ins. long, heavily spotted 

 and lined with purple (///. Hart. 

 1885, t. 565; Elwes, Lil. t. 48). 

 Should be grown in a greenhouse. 

 The bulbs are long and narrow. 



L. pomponium. A fine "Turk's 

 Cap " Lily from Siberia. Stems 2 to 

 3 ft. high, bearing drooping bright 

 red flowers tinted with orange, earlier 

 in the season than L. chalcedonicum 

 and L. pyrenaicum. There is much 

 variation in the colour and odour of 

 the blossoms. (Bot. May. t. 971 ; 

 Ehves, Lil. t. 46.) 



L. primulinum (L. daptoniense). 

 A species from Upper Burmah closely 

 related to L. neili/herense. It has 

 large roundish bulbs, and smooth 

 erect stems 3 to 4 ft. high, clothed 



with glossy green, narrow, stalkless 

 leaves 4 to 5 ins. long. The funnel- 

 shaped flowers, 5 to 6 ins. long, are 

 pale yellow and unspotted, the seg- 

 ments beginning to reflex nearly half 

 way. (Bot. May. t 7227.) 



L. purpureuin. This has hitherto 

 been regarded as a form of L. Wash- 

 infjtonianvm. Mr Carl Purdy, how- 

 ever, is of opinion that it deserves 

 specific rank. It is widely distributed 

 in California and Oregon, and grows 

 not only at high altitudes but also as 

 low as 600 ft. above sea-level, and at 

 various places in the open valleys and 

 half-wooded uplands. It has large 

 bulbs, and the stems are furnished 

 with broadly obovate leaves 3 to 4 

 ins. long, mostly in whorls of ten to 

 fourteen. The flowers are in terminal 

 umbels or racemes, and resemble 

 those of the Madonna Lily (L. candi- 

 dum) in outline, being broadly funnel- 

 shaped, white dotted with purple. 



L. pyrenaicum. A Pyrenean 

 species closely related to L. pom- 

 ponium, and often confused with it. 

 It grows from 2 to 4 ft. high, and has 

 drooping bright yellow flowers, the 

 interior of the fez-like base of the 

 perianth-tube being spotted with red 

 or deep purple. (Elwes, Lil. t. 47.) 



Ii. Roezii. The true species is a 

 native of S. Oregon, California, etc., 

 and has rhizomatous root-stocks. It 

 grows 2 to 3 ft. high, has lance- 

 shaped linear leaves partly scattered 

 and in whorls, and drooping deep 

 orange-red flowers 2 to 3 ins. across, 

 more or less densely blotched with 

 black towards the base. (Garten/I. 

 t. 667.) Fig. 241. 



L. roseum (L. Thomsonianum ; 

 Fritttlaria macrophylla). A rare 

 Himalayan species, H to 2 ft. high, 

 with tufts of narrow lance-shaped 

 leaves, the lower ones being 12 to 18 

 ins. long. Flowers bell-shaped, rosy- 

 lilac or flesh colour, often as many as 



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