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longer than those of L. dauricum, as they are firmer in 

 texture and substance. 



The variety Chaixi is dwarfer than the type or common 

 form. It grows well under the same conditions as L. 

 chalcedonicum, and will flower well the first season after 

 planting. It is a native of Switzerland and Northern 

 Italy, and is much planted in the north of Ireland, as it 

 flowers about the time of Orange celebration on July 

 1 2th. It is also known as L. aurantiacum, but the name 

 is not used here so much as on the Continent. 



L. dauricum. The Dahurian Lily, otherwise known as 

 L. davuricum and L. umbellatum, is a puzzling Lily to many 

 in regard to its name, and the confusion has arisen in this 

 way. The Lily was originally introduced from Siberia, 

 and named L. davuricum by one, L. spectabile by another. 

 After it had been cultivated for some time, the Dutch 

 growers began to raise it from seed, and thus gave rise 

 to a number of varieties more luxuriant in growth than 

 the original wild plant. These varieties were classed 

 under the name of umbellatum on account of umbel-like 

 head of flowers, but even the most distinct of these bear 

 all the essential characters of L. dauricum, and therefore 

 the name umbellatum is suppressed here, although some 

 trade catalogues still rank the varieties of dauricum under 

 umbellatum. Others, including some of the largest Dutch 

 growers, class all under dauricum. 



It is a common Lily, so that it is hardly necessary to 

 describe it in detail. It has small bulbs, stems two feet 

 or more high according to the vigour of the variety, 

 leaves narrow, and large open flowers, erect, six to 

 eight or more in a terminal cluster, and varying from 

 pale orange to orange-red in the various forms. The 

 typical plant, that is, the wild plant, is more slender in 

 growth, with smaller flowers and shorter leaves than the 

 luxuriant growing varieties, and more resembles the 

 European L. bulbiferum, but without the bulbils on the 



