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open and in bud in tubs of water. The flowers of L. longiflorum are 

 packed for the Paris and other markets in the bud state, so that they may 

 arrive in just the rig-lit condition. When it is desired to force L. longiflorum 

 three or four bulbs are put in a well-drained 8-in. pot, the soil used being 

 a good turfy loam with some leaf mould, or well-rotted manure. Although 

 the plants are to be had in bloom all the year round, the great trade in 

 them is done at Easter and Christmas time. They are cut with stems as 

 long as possible, and packed firmly in long shallow boxes, some growers 

 sending almost 20,000 blooms to market in one week. (See plate.) 



L. speciosum (fig. 285). This fine Japanese Lilium is next to L. longi- 

 florum the most 'popular with market growers, who still know it well 



Fig. 285. Liliitm speciosttm 



under the name of lancifolium. It grows from 3-5 ft. high, and has 

 several varieties some being deep red and rose spotted with carmine 

 purple, others being white and without spots. The variety called rubrum, 

 having white flowers suffused and heavily spotted with crimson, is one of 

 the best red ones; while album Kroetzeri is one of the purest and best 

 whites. The bulbs are placed in pots, and the plants are grown in the 

 same way as L. longiflorv^m. The flowers are sold on the long zigzag 

 stems, or separately packed in shallow boxes. The white variety is in great 

 demand with florists for wreath and bouquet work, and has succeeded in 

 almost driving out the flowers of Eucharis grandiflora, at one time 

 greatly prized for this business. Other greenhouse Liliums are Browni, 

 nepalense, and sulphureum, which are grown in fair quantities at times. 

 In growing these Liliums under glass the grower has to guard against 



