44 THE BOOK OF THE LILY 



Tiger Lily, but there are several varieties which differ 

 more or less from the type and each other. 



Of the varieties, the best are splendent (called also 

 Leopoldii), in which the lower part of the stem is smooth 

 and almost black, and the leaves fewer in number, but 

 broader and a deeper green than those of the type. The 

 flowers are larger and much brighter in colour, while 

 the spots though less in number are larger. This variety 

 is superior to any of the others for growing in pots. 

 The double form (flore plenum) is the best example of a 

 double flowered Lily that we have, but lacks the beauty 

 of the single flowered forms. 



Fortuneiy of which huge bulbs are sent here annually 

 from Japan, develops very tall and stout stems, and 

 sometimes bears as many as fifty flowers on a stem. It 

 is distinct from other forms in having the stems clothed 

 with woolly down, while the flowers are somewhat paler 

 in colour than those of the type. 



All of the above bear bulbils freely in the axils of 

 the leaves, but in one variety jucundum, known also as 

 L. Maxtmo'wiczn and L. pseudo-tigrinum, they are not 

 produced. This variety is more slender in all its parts 

 than the others. The colour is a pale vermilion, spotted 

 with maroon. It is quite a distinct Lily in appearance 

 from the ordinary Tiger Lily, and some have regarded it 

 as a distinct species, but those who take a broader view 

 of what constitutes a species, rank it only as a variety of 

 L. tigrinum. 



The flowering season of the Tiger Lilies extends over 

 a considerable part of the summer, as it may be grown 

 in pots, and induced to flower early in May or earlier, 

 while the open air flowering of the type commences in 

 July, followed by the double, splendens, jucundum, and 

 Fortunei, which prolong the flowering season till September. 



The Tiger Lilies are best when grown in the full 

 open in a friable soil either of sandy loam and peat or 



