DESCRIPTIVE AND CULTURAL NOTES 29 



ing more or less from the original type, and vary also in 

 their value as garden plants, the following notes on the 

 named varieties enumerated in trade catalogues may be 

 helpful. Some of the so-called named varieties are so 

 nearly alike that it is hardly worth while attempting to 

 describe the difference between them. The most 

 distinct are those named. 



eximium (Harristi), called also the Bermuda Lily, 

 described above as the variety largely grown under pot 

 culture. It flowers early in the year when first im- 

 ported, but grown in this country afterwards, it reverts 

 to its normal season of flowering. It is taller, more 

 robust, and luxuriant than the type, whether grown out 

 of doors or under glass. Similar if not identical is the 

 variety, 



giganteum, a strong growing form, bearing more 

 flowers on a stem than the type, and is therefore one of 

 the best for pot culture and the open border. Another 

 name for this is multiflorum. 



foliis albo-marglnatis has the leaves margined with 

 creamy white variegation and is a strong grower, but 

 the flowers are similar to those of the type. 



formosanum, a native of the island of Formosa, is a 

 more slender plant than the type, having long narrow 

 leaves and attenuated trumpet flowers, white, tinged 

 with purple on the outside. 



Takesima is a distinct variety easily recognised by the 

 stems, which, with the outer parts of the flower-buds, 

 are tinged with a deep brownish tint. It is a strong 

 grower, flowers freely, and rarely fails in the open border. 



Wilsoni has very large flowers, and is of dwarfer 

 growth than the common or typical variety. 



L. longiflorum cannot strictly be termed a hardy Lily 

 that is, it cannot be treated generally as Tiger or Orange 

 Lily. In the warmer parts of the country and where 

 the soil is light it will withstand our winters if left in 



