1870 



LILIUM 



LILIUM 



Calif. El. 12. B.M. 6650. I.H. 33:595. Gn. 18:652 

 (not typical); 49, p. 410; 60, p. 337. G.C. III. 18:209 

 (habit not correctly shown); 30:57; 55:217. G. 19:133. 

 A beautiful species, rather capricious and tender 

 under cult., but usually succeeding well under the 

 same conditions as L. canadense and L. superbum. 



SUBGENUS II. ARCHELIRION. 



A. Lvs. sessile 16. tigrinum 



AA. Lvs. shortly stalked. 

 B. Fls. white or pink. 



c. Borne horizontally 17. auratum 



cc. Becoming nearly pendulous 18. speciosum 



BB. Fls. reddish yellow 19. Henryi 



16. tigrinum, Ker-Gawl (L. sinense, Hort.). TIGER 

 LILY. Fig. 2160. Bulb spherical, 2-4 in. diam., white 

 or pale yellow, sometimes tinged red or purple: st. 

 stout, 2-4 ft. high, deep purplish brown, covered with 

 white or grayish cobweb-like down and producing deep 

 purple bulbils in the upper If .-axils: Ivs. 75-100 or 

 more, deep green, 2-4 in. long, J^-J^in. wide: fls. 1-15, 

 3-5 in. diam., with bright salmon-red segms.; spotted 

 purplish black and reflexed to the st. ; anthers red. Aug., 

 Sept. China and Japan. El. 38. B.M. 1237. F. 1873: 

 13. G.M. 44:468. One of the hardiest, most perma- 

 nent and most easily grown of all lilies, and furthermore, 

 one of the most beautiful. It has escaped and become 

 naturalized in parts of Maine and N. Y. Var. fldre- 

 pleno, Hort. (var. plenescens, Waugh), is identical, 

 except the fls. are double. It is the only desirable 

 double-fld. lily in cult. R.H. 1873:10. F. 1871:25. 

 F.S. 19:1995. G.Z. 20:17. Var. splendens, Hort. (var. 

 Leopoldii, Hort.), is a stronger grower than the type, 

 and larger in every way, often growing 6-7 ft. high 

 and bearing as many as 25 fls. which open later. 

 Gn.W. 20:907. Gn. 27:152. F.S. 19:1931-32 (too 

 dark-colored). Var. F6rtunei, Hort. (L. Fdrtunei, 

 Lindl.), is similar, but the Ivs. and fls. are paler in color 

 and the sts. are smooth, not downy. G.M. 51:778. 

 Gn. 74, p. 586, 77, p. 73. The var. jocundum, Hort., or 

 var. Lishmanii, Moore, is identical with L. Maxi- 

 mowiczii. 



17. auratum, Lindl. GOLDEN-BANDED LILY. GOLDEN- 

 RAYED LILY. QUEEN OF LILIES. Fig. 2161. Bulb 

 spherical or nearly globular, 3-5 in. diam., with broad, 

 thick scales, white or pale yellow, sometimes tinged 

 red or purple : st. 3-6 ft. high, smooth, glaucous-green, 

 often tinged purple, bare of Ivs. for 6-9 in. above the 

 surface: Ivs. 20-50, horizontal, 3-6 in. long, 



wide: fls. 1-15, 6-10 in. 

 diam., deliciously fragrant, 

 white spotted crimson, with 

 a yellow band or midrib 

 extending the whole length 

 of each segm. ; anthers red. 

 Blooms late July, Aug. 

 Japan. El. 15. Gn. 16:212; 

 39, p. 455; 50, p. 148; 60, 

 p. 48; 64, p. 196; 65, p. 41; 

 70, p. 125; 71, pp. 395, 515, 

 550; 72, p. 443; 75, p. 138; 

 79, p. 4. G.C. III. 25:303; 

 54:269. G.M. 44:464, 593; 

 55:91. G. 20:503; 35:597. 

 J.H.I1I.53:37;68:43. A.F. 

 7:43; 35:105. C.L.A. 12: 

 532; 14: 45. H.F. II. 6:104. 

 G.W. 6, p. 158. G.Z. 9:2. 

 R.B. 21:25. F.M. 1871:514. 

 R.H. 1867:371; 1875:10. 

 B.M. 5338. A.G. 20:525. 

 Rather capricious under 

 cult., often disappearing in a 

 year or two, but so gorge- 

 ously beautiful that it should 

 be generally grown, even if 2160. Lilium tigrinum. 



frequent renewal is necessary. One of the best lilies for 

 pots. Var. platyphyllum, Hort. (var. macrdnthum, Hort.), 

 is superior to the type, being a larger, stronger grower, 

 sometimes 8-10 ft. high, with fls. a foot or more across, 

 of the same color, but only slightly spotted. G. 30:609; 

 35:645; 36:715. Gn. 63, p. 95. Gn.W. 20:1027. Var. 



2161. 

 Lilium auratum. 



(XM) 



rubro-vittatum, Hort., has a wide crimson band through 

 each segm. and numerous crimson spots; it is thought 

 by some to be a hybrid between L. auratum and L. 

 speciosum, as it resemble the latter more in bulb and 

 habit of growth. Var. cruentum, Hort., is quite similar. 

 Var. rubro-pictum, Hort., produces white fls. spotted 

 crimson, while the band through each segm. is yellow 

 at its base and red at the end. Var. pictum, Hort., is 

 similar, but the yellow portion of the band is absent. 

 Var. virginale, Hort., resembles the type, except the 

 spots are yellow; there is also an unspotted form, known 

 as virginale album, Hort. Var. Wittei, Hort. (L. 

 Wittei, Suring.), produces fls. of the same color as the 

 latter, but the segms. are shorter and broader than those 

 of any other variety, and, unlike all others, they are 

 smooth, not papillose, inside. El. 16. Var. Tashiroi, 

 Hort., is described as a dwarf, large-fld. form of the 

 type. 



18. specidsum, Thunb. SHOWY LILY. Fig. 2162. 

 Often erroneously called L. lancifolium, a synonym of 

 L. elegans. Bulb globular, 3-4 in. diam., reddish purple 

 or brownish, rarely yellow or orange; 

 scales broad and thick: st. 2-4 ft. high, 

 smooth, green, often tinged and dotted 

 purple: Ivs. 12-25 or more, horizontal, 

 3-6 in. long, ^-1^ in. wide: fls. 1-10, 

 4-6 in. diam., delicately fragrant, with 

 segms. often reflexed to the st.; they are 

 white, suffused rose-pink in the center 

 and spotted blood-red, with a green 

 stripe at the base; anthers red. Late 

 Aug., Sept. Japan. El. 13. B.M. 3785. 

 B.R. 2000. Gn. 25:82; 33, p. 289; 45:90, and p. 91; 

 47, p. 19; 60, p. 408; 63, p. 108. R.H. 1843:492. 

 G.C. III. 30:241. G. 5:457. One of the most beau- 

 tiful and satisfactory of all lilies, robust, permanent, 

 easily grown and highly recommended for both pots 

 and open ground. Vars. rdseum, Hort., and rubrum, 

 Hort., often catalogued as distinct, are really very 

 similar to the type, but the fls. of the latter are rather 

 deeper in color. Gn. 36:434; 60, p. 313; 70, p. 187. 

 G.M. 44:469. Gn.M. 2:115. Gn.W. 15:7. G.W. 15, 

 p.. 596. Var. Kaempferi, Hort., var. purpuratum, 



