3 8 THE BOOK OF THE LILY 



Lily for the open border, but it is too strongly scented 

 for rooms. The flowers are a good deal like those of 

 L. chalcedonicum, which does not flower for some time 

 after L. pomponium. Both these Lilies grow strongly in 

 good garden soil of a loamy nature and are very hardy. 



L. pyrenaicum. The Pyrenean, or Yellow Turk's Cap, 

 Lily, is less showy than many others ; it is the first of all 

 to flower in the open air, and is desirable on that 

 account. Its stems grow about two feet high and are 

 clothed densely with narrow leaves. Its flowers and 

 strong stems are many, but are small and regularly 

 reflexed and are yellow, dotted brown. It has a particu- 

 larly heavy and unpleasant odour, hence it is only 

 suitable for the open border. It grows well in the full 

 open in a good loamy soil. 



L. rubellum is an extremely beautiful small Lily, and 

 one of the most recently introduced. It was received 

 from Japan and first flowered in 1898, but now is 

 tolerably common, as it has been very largely imported. 

 At first it was confused with L.japonicum (Krameri), as it 

 has the similar pink flowers though smaller, but it may 

 be at once distinguished by its shorter stems, broader 

 leaves, smaller and less open flowers. 



The colour varies from a deep rose pink to almost 

 white, and this variation of colour in some cases depends 

 upon the health and vigour of the plants. It is one of 

 the earliest to flower at the end of May or beginning of 

 June, and earlier if grown in pots under glass, and its 

 flower-buds show at the tips of the stems weeks before 

 they expand. 



Though it cannot be termed a robust and hardy Lily, 

 it appears to be less fastidious in its requirements than 

 L. japonicum. In the milder parts and in light soils it 

 continues to thrive and gain vigour, but in cold and damp 

 parts, and especially if the surrounding soil is heavy, it 

 is liable to disappear, the bulb perishing, no doubt, 



