LILIUM 



(The clastic Latin name, from the Grcrk Uinon, a lily) 

 Liliicfa 



30. Lilium tigrinum 

 English Names: Tiger lily. Crumple lily. 



CHINA EARLY JULY THROUGH AUGUST 



BRIGHT orange-red flowers with recurved petals thickly covered with 

 purple spots; carried pendantly in a loose head of three to twelve 

 flowers on an erect, somewhat cobwebby, and leafy stem two to five feet 

 high. Leaves dark green, 

 thin, and pointed, not very 

 conspicuous, with bulblets 

 in the axils of the upper 

 leaves. Excellent for 

 planting in small clumps 

 in the herbaceous border, 

 and very brilliant natu- 

 ralized in masses against 

 shrubbery. After bloom- 

 ing the foliage dies to the 

 ground. 



A perfectly hardy per- 

 ennial of easiest culture, 

 even in fairly heavy soil. 

 Like most Lilies, how- 

 ever, it does best in a well- 

 drained soil, and manure 

 should never be allowed 

 to come in contact with 

 the bulb. For proper 

 planting of Lilies see 

 Lilium auratum (page 

 255). Will thrive in sun or 

 half-shade, but does best 

 if the ground is kept cool 

 and moist either by shade 

 or by a top dressing of peat or leaf mold. 



Propagate by ofl^sets, bulb-scales, or by the axillary bulblets which 



will usually produce bloom the third or fourth year. 



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