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two feet high. It is not in the front rank, nor are 

 columbianum, the Oregon Lily, and concolor. The former 

 grows three feet high, and has orange-spotted flowers ; 

 the latter grows two feet high, and has red flowers ; its 

 variety, Coridion, which has canary-coloured flowers, is 

 offered in the catalogues at a slightly higher price than 

 the parent. The auratum treatment will suit them. 

 Cordifolium, growing four feet high, and bearing white 

 flowers marked with purple, is not much grown. 



The old Orange Lily, croceum, is one of the cheapest, 

 brightest, and most easily grown of Lilies. It was 

 introduced as far back as 1596, according to the 

 records, and has got itself so firmly established that it 

 is likely to last for a good many hundreds of years 

 yet. Growing about two feet high in poor soil, and 

 anything from three to six in rich ground, it is a 

 familiar plant, alike in town and country gardens. The 

 colour is as bright as the oranges that Nell Gwynn sold 

 in the pit of Drury Lane. A hybrid Lily has been 

 raised by crossing croceum with elegans (Thunbergianum 

 orformosum), and is offered in some lists. 



Dalmaticum, the Black Martagon of the catalogues, 

 is really a dark variety of Martagon, the well-known 

 purple " Turk's Cap " Lily, and Dalhansoni is a hybrid 

 raised by crossing Dalmaticum and the species Hansoni. 

 It will be seen that the name is compounded of the 

 names of the parents, the first syllable of the one being 

 added to the whole of the other. Dalhansoni is a rather 

 dear Lily. It grows four to five feet high, has purple 

 flowers, and responds to auratum treatment. Dauricum 

 (the same Lily as that sometimes grown under the names 

 of davuricum and spectabile) has red flowers, and grows 

 about a yard high. The auratum treatment suits it. 



Elegans is one of the most beautiful and useful of 



