LILIUM 



THE BULB BOOK 



LILIUM 



1 to li ft. high, with narrow grass- 

 like leaves about 2 ins. long, and 

 brilliant scarlet drooping flowers 

 (Elves, LiL t. 42). A good Lily for 

 early forcing. 



L. testaceum (L. excehuni). A fine 

 Lily, supposed to be a hybrid between 

 L. chalcedonicum and L. candidum. It 



FIG. 245. Lilium testaceum. (}.) 



has stems 5 to 6 ft. high, and beauti- 

 ful nankeen-yellow or apricot-coloured 

 llowers, the ref lexed segments of which 

 are dotted with orange-red. (Bot. 

 Reg. 1843, 1. 1 1 ; Elwe, Lil. t. 44.) A 

 good Lily for forcing in early spring. 



L. tigrinum. This .is the well- 

 known " Tiger Lily," a native of China 

 and Japan. It grows 2 to 4 ft. high, 

 and has deep orange - red flowers 

 heavily blotched with blackish- 

 purple. (Bot. Mag. t. 1237; Elwes, 

 Lil. t. 38.) 



The variety splendens often grows 7 

 ft. high, and bears numerous more 

 highly coloured and heavier blotched 

 llowers ; Forrtunei is somewhat simi- 

 lar ; while flare plena has from four to 

 six circles of petals coloured and 

 spotted. 



FIG. 247. Lilium umbellalum, bulb and 

 offsets. 



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