LII.IUM. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



LILIUM. 



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I have carpeted the ground with them, 

 and they serve to keep the soil cool 

 during the summer, while in May they 

 furnish me with countless flowers." 



L. monadelphum is a magnificent Lily 

 of noble growth. The stout flower-stems 

 vary from 3 to 5 ft. in height, and are 

 terminated by a pyramid of six to twenty 

 turban-shaped flowers, ranging in colour 

 from a rich canary-yellow to a pale lemon- 

 yellow. Some forms have spotted flowers, 

 and some are much larger than others. 

 The varieties are known as L. Szovitzi- 

 anum, colchicum, and Loddigesianum. 

 L. monadelphum thrives best in moist 

 deep loamy soil, well enriched with good 

 manure at the time of planting ; but does 



not show its true character till it has 

 been planted several years. It rarely 

 fails, and is one of the least disappointing 

 of all. It may be readily increased from 

 root-scales, a fact which is taken advantage 

 of by many cultivators, and is the only 

 method of increasing and keeping pure 

 any really good or marked variety. Seed 

 is, however, the readiest way of acquiring 

 .a stock of this truly charming plant. The 

 seeds are usually sown in large shallow 

 pans as soon as ripe, and remain there 

 for two years, by which time the bulbs 

 have attained a considerable size ; they 

 are then planted in beds in rows 6 in. 

 .apart, with 4 in. between the bulbs, re- 



planting when necessary. By this treat- 

 ment flowers are frequently produced by 

 seedling plants four or five vears after 

 sowing. 



L. Parryi is a new and distinct species 

 from California. It is of elegant slender 

 growth, and 2 to 4 ft. high, bearing grace- 



Lilium monadelphum, var. Szovitzianum. 



ful trumpet-shaped flowers of rich yellow, 

 copiously spotted with chocolate-red, and 

 delicately perfumed. The flowers being 

 borne horizontally, render it very distinct. 

 It grows in elevated districts in South 

 California, in boggy ground. Not much 



