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peaty soil, but the position must not be where the soil 

 is liable to become parched during a dry time. It is 

 best to plant where the Lilies will be sheltered from 

 high winds. 



L. Wallichianum. This rare trumpet Lily from the 

 Himalayas has slender stems and bright green narrow 

 leaves. It usually bears a single flower eight or nine 

 inches long, of an attenuated funnel-shape, with a widely 

 expanded mouth. It is white, with a greenish tinge on 

 the exterior. It is very sweetly scented. It needs green- 

 house culture under similar treatment as the Nepaul Lily. 



L. WasUngtonianum. The Washington Lily is a 

 beautiful Californian species growing wild in the 

 wooded region of the Sierra Nevada, whence it was 

 introduced to Europe nearly forty years ago. The 

 bulbs are large and of peculiar form, being very 

 oblique, with whitish narrow scales. The stems grow 

 from three to five feet high, and have whorls of thick 

 glaucous pale-green leaves at intervals. The raceme 

 of flowers terminates the stems, and varies in length 

 from six to twelve inches, and carries from twelve to 

 twenty or more flowers. 



These are large, being six or more inches across when 

 the petals are spread out. They are erect, or nearly so, 

 funnel-shaped, with reflexing petals, and fragrant. The 

 colour is reddish purple, spotted with a deeper tint, and 

 becomes paler with age. 



The variety purpureum, introduced from the Siskiyou 

 Mountains, in the Cascade Range, is of smaller growth, 

 with the flowers of a deeper tint of lilac pink. It differs 

 also in growth, arrangement of the flowers on the spike, 

 and other characters, so that some botanists are inclined 

 to regard it as a distinct species, but in this country it is 

 considered only as a variety. 



The variety named minor is similar, and so far as is 

 known, is not in cultivation in Europe. 



