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developed. The only way to ensure success is to grow 

 the plants on from small bulbs in the place where they 

 are to flower. Three or four seasons may elapse before 

 the small bulbs flower, but when they do flower their 

 grandeur will repay the patience of waiting. Once 

 established, the offsets from the flowering plants are 

 sufficient to keep up a stock. Native of the Himalayan 

 region. 



L. Grayi. A near ally of L. canadense, with which it 

 is often confused, being of similar growth and with 

 foliage in whorls on the slender stems. It differs 

 principally in its more thimble-shaped flowers, which 

 are a rich red colour spotted with maroon. It flowers 

 at the same time and flourishes under similar conditions 

 to L. canadense. It is a native of the Roan Mountains 

 in North America, and may be only a southern form 

 of the northern Lily. It is a beautiful and satisfactory 

 Lily to grow in a moist peaty soil. 



L. Hansom is a Japanese Lily in every way desirable, 

 being not particular in its cultural requirements and 

 extremely handsome in flower. 



It belongs to the true Martagon group, in which the 

 leaves are borne in regular whorls. It is one of the 

 earliest of all Lilies to appear above the ground in the 

 spring, and flowers about the end of June. 



The stem reaches a height of four to five feet, and 

 the flowers, generally several, are a couple of inches 

 across, and regularly reflexed, the petals being of a 

 bright orange colour spotted more or less with brown, 

 and of an unusually thick, wax-like texture. 



It needs much the same treatment as L. auratum, but 

 will grow well in loam. It is a good plan to plant it 

 among low growing shrubs, in such a way that the young 

 shoots are protected in early spring, as it is the first 

 to push up its new growth. 



As the stems grow they overtop the shrubs at flower 



