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with purple spots. They are not the best natured of 

 Lilies, and need a good loamy soil. Japonicum is the 

 same as Elizabeths and Krameri. It is a charming 

 Japanese Lily, growing two to three feet high, and 

 with pink flowers. There is a white variety called 

 Alexandrae. The auratum treatment suits these charm- 

 ing Lilies. Kelloggii is a Californian species with pink 

 flowers, and, being rare, is somewhat expensive. It 

 grows three or four feet high. Kewense is a hybrid, 

 raised at the Royal Gardens, Kew, from a cross between 

 Henryi and Brownii Chloraster. The flowers are white 

 and buff in colour. The auratum treatment suits it, but 

 it is generally grown in pots. Lancifolium is the same as 

 speciosum. Leichtlini is a Japanese species of no great 

 importance. It is yellow, with purple spots, and grows 

 about two feet high. The auratum treatment suits it. 



We have a charming pot Lily in longiflorum, which 

 grows about three feet high, and has long, tubular, pure 

 white flowers. Japanese bulbs of it are very cheap. It 

 will thrive out of doors with the auratum treatment in 

 a sheltered place, but, like its variety, Harrisii, it is grown 

 generally in pots. There are several varieties of it besides 

 the Easter Lily, including one with variegated leaves ; 

 that called Eximium is the same as Harrisii. 



Lowii, white, with purple blotches, growing two to 

 three feet high, is an Indian species, and requires pot- 

 culture in a warm house. We find another interesting 

 hybrid in Marhan, which resulted from a cross between 

 the white " Turk's Cap," martagon album, and Hansoni. 

 The name is compounded of the first syllable of the 

 names of the parents. The flower is orange in coloui, 

 with brown or purple spots. It is a tall plant, and may 

 go near the back of the border, where it will thrive under 

 the auratum treatment. Forms of it are offered in some 



