8 PROSERPINA. 



ing general information : " 809. Anthericum. A name 

 applied by the Greeks to the stem of the asphodel, and 

 not misapplied to this set of plants, which in some sort 

 resemble the asphodel. Plants with fleshy leaves, and 

 spikes of bright yellow flowers, easily cultivated if kept 

 dry." 



Hunting further, I find again my Savoy lily called a 

 spider-plant, under the article Hemerocallis, and the only 

 information which the book gives me under Hemerocallis, 

 is that it means beautiful day ' lily ; and then, " This is 

 an ornamental genus of the easiest culture. The species 

 are remarkable among border flowers for their fine orange, 

 yellow, or Hue flowers. The Hemerocallis coerulea has 

 been considered a distinct genus by Mr. Salisbury, and 

 called Saussurea." As I correct this sheet for press, how- 

 ever, I find that the Hemerocallis is now to be called 

 'Funkia,' "in honour of Mr. Funk, a Prussian apoth- 

 ecary." 



All this while, meantime, I have a suspicion that my 

 pet Savoy Lily is not, in existing classification, an Anther- 

 icum, nor a Hemerocallis, but a Lilium. It is, in fact, 

 Bimply a Turk's cap which doesn't curl up. But on trying 

 * Lilium 5 in London, I find no mention whatever of any 

 wild branched white lily. 



I then try the next word in my specimen page of 

 Curtis ; but there is no ' Phalangium ' at all in London's 

 index. And now I have neither time nor mind for more 

 search, but will give, in due place, such account as I can 



