8 LILIES 



In Asia the great lily center is Japan and 

 China, but the zone extends north into Siberia, 

 and south to the Neilgherry hills of India and 

 takes in the extreme west as well. Here are 

 found all of the pure white and whitish lilies 

 save one in each class and all of the pure pink 

 and pink-tinged ones, as well as the most glow- 

 ing red and orange kinds. Japan has fur- 

 nished the incomparable list of L. auratum, L. 

 speciosum, L. longiflorum, L. japonicum, L. 

 Hansoni, L. elegans, L. rubellum, L. Wallacei, 

 L. Leichtlini, L. medeoloides, L. dauricum, L. 

 cordifolium, L. coridion and L. callosum; China, 

 L. Henryi, L. myriophyllum, L. tenuifolium and 

 L. yunnanense, and the two countries together, 

 L. tigrinum, L. Brownii, L. concolor and L. 

 avenaceum. Of these, L. tenuifolium, L. dauri- 

 cum and L. concolor are natives of Siberia also. 

 In India are found L. nepalense and L. neilgher- 

 rense; in Burmah, L. Lowii, L. sulphur eum and 

 L. primulinum; in the Himalayas, L. giganteum, 

 L. Wallichianum and L. polyphyllum and in 

 Persia, extending to Caucasus, L. monadelphum. 

 The lilies of India and Burmah, unfortunately, 

 are among the most tender as well as among the 

 most beautiful. 



There is, apparently, a certain kinship be- 



