DESCRIPTIVE AND CULTURAL NOTES 17 



The variety mdjor or excelsum, known sometimes as 

 maculatum, is a particularly large growing form. It 

 succeeds best in what is termed a good kitchen garden 

 soil, but it thrives in a heavy soil, and even clay, if it is 

 properly drained. 



Like many others of the Martagon group it resents 

 being disturbed when once well established. When 

 transplanted, the first season's display of flowers is gene- 

 rally a poor one. 



When removal of the bulbs is necessary, it should be 

 done by the middle of October at the latest, for the roots 

 start early into growth, and as they are few, root injury 

 should be avoided. 



This old Lily and L. candidum are often seen best in 

 old-fashioned country gardens, not worried by cultiva- 

 tion, and where the disease has not reached the locality. 

 The Scarlet Martagon is a native of Greece, and has 

 been grown in English gardens for over a century. 



L. columbianum (the Oregon Lily). Though not very 

 rare is not a common Lily in gardens. It grows wild in 

 the elevated plains of Oregon and British Columbia. 

 The flower stem grows about two feet, and bears pen- 

 dulous flowers with recurved petals on a bright golden 

 yellow, usually towards the end of July. It needs a soil 

 with a good proportion of peat and sand, and thrives 

 best in a sheltered position. 



It is, by some writers, regarded as a miniature 

 form of L. Humboldti, but it differs from that Lily in 

 many well-marked characters. It is also known as L. 

 nitidum. 



L. concolor. A charming little Lily known also as L. 

 sinicum, and there are several forms of it in cultivation. 

 The bulbs in all the forms are small, and from each one 

 two or three flower stems are generally produced. These 

 grow a foot to eighteen inches high, and bear several 

 erect, open, star-like flowers about two inches across, wax- 



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