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handsome bell-shaped species, white spotted 

 with purple, that blooms in September. Wal- 

 lich's lily (L. Wattichianum) , white tinged with 

 green and funnel-shaped, is a July lily that is 

 very difficult as well as very tender. The west- 

 ern Himalayan species, L. polyphyllum, green- 

 ish yellow tinged inside with purple and turban- 

 shaped, and the Philippine form of L. 

 longiflorum (L. philippinense) , are in the same 

 class. With heavy protection, L. philippinense 

 has been wintered successfully in Ohio. 



Of the other species the oat-scale lily (L. 

 avenaceum), a red Japanese kind similar to 

 L. tenui folium, is delicately constituted. The 

 similar orange red L. medeoloides and the scar- 

 let L. callosum, as well as Leichtlin's lily (L. 

 Leichtlini), pale yellow with purple spots, are 

 three more Japanese species that are not easily 

 cultivated. 



