GEOGKAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION 7 



tonianum is the nearest approach, to an Ameri- 

 can white lily that there is. In the eastern 

 group L. superbum and L. canadense, which 

 range from New Brunswick to the nearer south 

 and as far west as Minnesota and Missouri, and 

 L. philadelphicum, which is found from New 

 England to North Carolina and as far west as 

 the other two, are the chief species. The others, 

 L. carolinianum, L. Grayi and L. Catesbaei are, 

 respectively, so similar to the preceding as to 

 seem southern variations; they are not found 

 north of Virginia. Indeed, L. carolinianum is 

 not always classed as a species. 



Europe has lilies so far north as the lower 

 part of Scandinavia, hut most of the species are 

 natives of the more southerly countries. Here, 

 too, there is only one white lily, L. candidum, 

 which is one of a few that recognize no geo- 

 graphical line between Europe and nearest 

 Asia. Other important European species are 

 L. Martagon, which also wanders into Asia; 

 L. croceum, L. bulbiferum, L. chalcedonicum, L. 

 pomponium, L. carniolicum, L. pyrenaicum and 

 L. Jankae. These include, in L. candidum, the 

 most beautiful of all garden lilies and several 

 others than which none is more useful in the 

 hardy border. 



