THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



LILIUM. 



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ditions as L. auratum and speciosum. j 

 On account of its beauty it deserves the | 

 most careful attention. It is a lovely ; 

 plant for a select spot between choice J 

 dwarf shrubs, in free peaty soil or deep i 

 sandy loam with vegetable soil in it. I 

 When Mr. Kramer first sent me this Lily j 

 he wrote that he obtained it from a 

 mountainous slope at a high 

 altitude. 



L. longiflorum ( White 

 Trumpet Lily}. This is 

 among the most beautiful 

 and most valuable of garden 

 Lilies. The typical form is 

 i to 3 ft. high, the stems in 

 summer being terminated 

 by reflexed, tubular, waxy- 

 white flowers, which are 

 sweetly scented. There are 

 several varieties, the best, 

 being the early variety now 

 called pnecox, of rather 

 dwarf habit, with long, 

 pointed, three-nerved, dark- 

 green foliage ; the flowers 

 are of great substance, tubu- 

 lar, and but little reflexed 

 at the tip, which flowers a 

 fortnight earlier than the 

 type, bears larger and more 

 numerous flowers, and is in 

 every way superior to it 

 Takesima is recognised by 

 a purplish tint on the ex- 

 terior of the blossoms and 

 on the stem. Wilsoni, or 

 eximium, the finest variety, 

 has bold dark foliage, and 

 is nearly 4 ft. high, with 

 numerous flowers about 9 in. 

 long. Takesima is the latest 

 to bloom. Madame Von 

 Siebold is also a fine variety. 

 L. longiflorum giganteum is 

 the variety generally ob- 

 tained from Japan ; strong 

 bulbs will send up a head 

 of from 8 to 12 flowers 

 widely opened ; the foliage 

 is bright green ; under glass 

 this Lily may easily be 

 forced. L. formosanum, the 

 variety from Formosa, has 

 its flowers ribbed and 

 flushed with rosy-brown j 

 they are somewhat smaller in size than the ' 

 type. L. Harrisi is L. longiflorum altered j 

 by growth in a tropical climate, Bermudas, 1 

 S. Africa, c. Jama -Jura and Liukiu 

 are native names for the varieties men- 

 tioned. The variegated - leaved form 

 (albo-marginatum) is desirable, as the 



variegation is distinct and constant. L. 

 longiflorum and its varieties sometimes 

 bloom well in borders, but care should 

 be taken that they are not injured by 

 spring frosts. L. longiflorum is so early 

 that, unless protected by the leaves of 

 evergreens, its growth is apt to be 

 checked. A well-drained light loam, 



Lilium Humboldti. 



well enriched with leaf-mould, suits it 

 admirably. L. Wilsoni is benefited by a 

 lighter soil and by a warmer and more 

 sheltered position. When just pushing 

 the growth in spring it is advisable to 

 encircle the plants with a few dead 

 branches, if unprotected by shrubs. 



