26 THE BOOK OF THE LILY 



makes better growth. It flowers in July in the south, 

 and a month later in the north. 



L. Jankx. A comparatively new and rare Lily. It 

 is a native of the mountains of Transylvania, and nearly 

 related to the well-known L. pyrenaicum, often called the 

 Yellow Turk's Cap Lily. From L. pyrenaicum it differs 

 in being a taller plant with broader leaves, while the 

 flowers are larger, and of a clear yellow dotted slightly 

 inside with brown. It thrives in a good loamy soil. 



L. japonicum. For many years this beautiful Japanese 

 species, better known as L. Krameri, was unique among 

 Lilies on account of its colour, but now the newer 

 L. rubellum shares the colour distinction. Unfortunately 

 L. japonicum is one of the least amenable to cultivation of 

 its class, consequently it is rarely seen in good condition. 

 Its bulbs are seldom much larger than a walnut, and the 

 slender stem in the first stages of growth bears resem- 

 blance to a weak shoot of L. auratum. It grows from 

 two to four feet high ; the flowers are large, as many as 

 five on a strong plant, but usually single. They are 

 funnel-shaped, six inches or more in length, and as 

 much across. The colour is generally a clear pink, but 

 there is a good deal of variation in the depth of tint, 

 some being of a pale blush, almost white. It is best 

 treated in the same way as L. auratum, but even then it 

 is very erratic in its behaviour, and probably without 

 annual importations it would be soon lost to our gardens. 



At Wisley the late Mr Wilson used to grow it in one 

 place in his garden among rhododendrons. 



Alexandra is a very beautiful but uncommon Lily, 

 resembling in some respects L. auratum^ and in others 

 L. longiflorum, but at Kew it is ranked as a variety of 

 L. japonicum. It reaches a height of two to three feet, 

 the stem being clothed with rather pale green leaves, 

 about six inches long and three-quarters of an inch in 

 width. The flowers are much shorter in the tube than 



