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the Savoy Lily indeed, but only the following 

 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 blue 

 flowers. The Hemerocallis ccerulea has been con- 

 sidered a distinct genus by Mr. Salisbury, and 

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

 however, I find that the Hemerocallis is now to be 

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

 apothecary." 



All this while, meantime, I have a suspicion that 

 my pet Savoy Lily is not, in existing classification, 

 an Anthericum, nor a Hemerocallis, but a Lilium. 

 It is, in fact, simply a Turk's cap which doesn't 

 curl up. But on trying ' Lilium ' in Loudon, I 

 find no mention whatever of any wild branched 

 white lily. 



