16 LILIES 



L. M. album, a pure white variety of singular 

 cliarm and one that should be widely planted. 

 The type, known as the purple Martagon lily, 

 is dull purplish pink somewhat spotted. It 

 offers a striking garden hue, that deepens to 

 wine color in L. M. dalmaticum and to almost 

 black in L. M. Cattaneae, two of the best of the 

 colored varieties. The double form is of no 

 value. The scarlet Martagon lily (L. chalce- 

 donicum) is a distinct species that is quite as 

 worthy of wider recognition. Its bright red 

 turbans are a real delight. There are some im- 

 provements of the type; the best is L. c. excel- 

 sum. The Martagon lilies bloom in June and 

 July. 



One of the erect lilies, L. croceum, has been 

 mentioned already. Some of the lower species 

 are extremely valuable in the hardy garden be- 

 cause of their dwarf or dwarfish stature as well 

 as for running the gamut of color from lemon 

 through all the yellows to red. Excepting for 

 their height and less vigorous growth, the two 

 chief species, L. dauricum and L. elegans, are 

 enough like L. croceum to deceive many a flower- 

 lover. Add to this the fact that the former is 

 identical with L. davuricum and L. umbellatum 

 and the latter with L. dahuricum, L. land folium 



