ON LILIES 257 



The Panther Lily, pardalinum, is a Californian 

 species of some importance, having orange flowers 

 marked with crimson. Several varieties of it are offered 

 in the catalogues, such as Bourgcei } Californicum, Johnsoni, 

 and Red Giant, the last somewhat expensive. They 

 grow four to five feet high, and are peat-lovers. Parryi, 

 a yellow-flowered Californian species, growing three to 

 four feet high, should have peat. Parvum has small 

 yellow flowers spotted with red, and is the same as 

 Alpinum. As a Californian species, it is a peat-lover. 

 A yellow variety, called luteum, is offered by bulb-dealers. 

 Philadelphicuwi) scarlet, two to three feet high, is a North- 

 American species that should have peat. It is a cheap 

 Lily. Cheaper still is Philippinense, which grows two 

 feet high, and has long, white, trumpet-shaped flowers- 

 It is not hardy, and should be grown in pots. Poly- 

 phyllum, white, with purple spots, grows about three feet 

 high, and thrives under auratum treatment. Pomponium, 

 two to three feet high, with small red flowers, is a hardy 

 and accommodating Siberian species which needs no 

 special treatment. It is a cheap plant. Pulckellum, 

 scarlet, is a rather dear and not very important Lily. 

 Pyrenaicum, which has deep yellow flowers, and grows 

 about three feet high, is a pretty Lily that thrives under 

 auratum treatment. A red variety, rubrum, is offered in 

 the catalogues. Roezlii, orange, with purple spots, is a 

 hardy but not important species. 



Rubellum, with pink flowers on stems eighteen inches 

 to two feet high, is a charming and not expensive Lily 

 that blooms early, and is often grown in pots. Rubescens, 

 a tall species with white flowers, is rather dear, and not 

 very important. 



One of the most beautiful and valuable of Lilies is 

 speciosum (lancifolium), a Japanese species, growing three 



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