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the open air in summer and removed under cover when 

 in flower bud. This Lily likes plenty of moisture, 

 therefore during hot weather it should be copiously 

 watered in the borders. 



L. sulphur eum is known as L. ochroleucum and L. 

 W allichianum superbum. It is a magnificent Lily from 

 Northern Burmah, and, unlike most species from that 

 region, appears to be very amenable to cultivation, for 

 with ordinary care and attention it will grow and flower 

 year after year. It is a noble Lily in flower, attaining 

 under glass a height of six feet or more, and the trumpet- 

 shaped flowers are the largest of the trumpet-flowered 

 section. They are creamy white with a ruddy tinge on 

 the outside, and the inside suffused with rich yellow. 



The firm brown-coloured bulb much resembles that 

 of L. nepa/ense, and as the two grow together they can 

 only be selected when in flower. It begins to grow 

 later than other Lilies and thus escapes frost when 

 grown in the open. The stems are thickly clothed with 

 narrow leaves which in a young state are tinged with 

 reddish brown. This Lily is one of the few that bear 

 bulbils in the axils of almost all the upper leaves, and 

 this peculiarity enables one to distinguish it readily from 

 others of the tube flowered section. It flowers as a rule 

 in September or even later. Though generally grown 

 under glass it is quite hardy in the extreme south and 

 west of England, but owing to its late period of flower- 

 ing it is even there more satisfactory when grown under 

 glass. The best way is to grow it in the open in deep 

 pots, and remove the plants under glass when coming 

 into flower. 



L. superbum (The Swamp Lily). This is a native of 

 the Eastern United States and a very variable species. 

 It bears much resemblance to the Californian L. parda- 

 linum and like that species the bulbs are of the peculiar 

 rhizomatous or creeping growth, and the cultural require- 



