50 THE BOOK OF THE LILY 



L. Burbanki. A hybrid raised in America by Mr 

 Burbank, and said to be the result of intercrossing L. 

 pardalinum and L. Washingtonianum ; but the plants sent 

 to this country bear few, if any, traces of the characters 

 of the Washington Lily. 



There are several forms of Burbanki, and judging from 

 the Kew collection some of these appear to be hybrids of 

 pardalinum and another Lily, either L. superbum or L. 

 Parryt, while others appear to be simply selected forms 

 of the pure pardalinum. 



Nevertheless, whatever its origin may be, it is a 

 splendid Lily as grown at Kew, having all the robust 

 growth of pardalinum and very floriferous. In some 

 forms the flowers resemble those of pardalinum and 

 superbum, and others pardalinum in colour and Parryi in 

 shape. It is a worthy addition to cultivated Lilies, and 

 flowers about a fortnight earlier than L. paralinum and 

 L. superbum. 



L. Dalhansoni. A free-growing and floriferous hybrid, 

 the result of intercrossing L. Martagon dalmaticum and L. 

 Hansoni. The characters of the parents are blended in 

 the hybrid in a very marked way in growth, flower 

 and colour, which is yellow clouded and spotted with 

 reddish brown. It is becoming less rare than formerly, 

 and is a Lily that will no doubt be grown largely, as it 

 is not capricious. It will be noticed that the name is a 

 combination of parts of the names of the parents, a 

 common practice now in naming hybrids. 



L. Keivense (raised at Kew) is one of the most interest- 

 ing hybrids. It is the result of intercrossing too such 

 dissimilar species as L. Henry i and L. Broiuni var. 

 Chloraster, which is evidence that two species of different 

 sections of the genus will intercross. The hybrid has 

 flowers resembling those of L. auratum, but slightly 

 smaller, the flowers being open and without the 

 characteristic tube of L. Bronvni. 



