LILIUM HUMBOLDTII. 



to deep purplish pink. We have this Lily in flower, growing from four to five feet in height, 

 and bearing over twenty flowers each. Flowers two inches in length and the same in breadth. 



The engravings show a flower just opened, and also the 

 habit of the plant, both, as in all our Lily engravings, 

 much reduced. Having spent the summer of 1874 in 

 California, mainly for the purpose of examining the Lilies 

 of the country, and learning all we could of their habits 

 and true names, we feel prepared to offer 

 the Lilies of the Pacific coast to our cus- 

 tomers with confidence. The Washing- 

 tonianum we have flowered for a number 

 of years, and we think our bulbs are 

 sound and healthy, though we would say 

 to all to whom money is an object, and 

 failure would prove a disappointment, 

 procure but one or two of these new Cali- 

 fornia Lilies, just for trial. If they suc- 

 ceed you will be delighted, and if any fail 

 the loss will not be serious. Set the 

 bulbs down not less than six inches. 



The Bloomer ianum, or Humboldtii, is a 

 pretty yellowish Lily, with large brown spots, a native of California, and which we found grow- 

 ing mostly in shady places and near the banks of running streams. It is a very desirable Lily. 

 About four feet in height. It was named Bloomerianum after a worthy Botanist of California, 

 our late friend BLOOMER, by that enterprising and 

 whole-souled collector, Dr. KELLOGG, with whom 

 we have spent many pleasant hours ; but by some it 

 is thought to have been previously discovered by 

 ROKZL, and named in honor of Baron HUMBOLDT. 

 Plant this and all California Lilies deep, certainly 

 not less than six inches, and we think this variety 

 might well be grown in partial shade. A good 

 mulching the first season after planting is very desir- 

 able, not only for this variety, but for all the Lilies. 

 We are apt to think because a plant is a native of a 

 warm, dry country, that it can endure any amount 

 of heat, but we often find that such plants, in a natural state, grow in shady nooks and ravines 

 and on mountain sides, constantly watered by cool springs. 



The Pardalinum is a California Lily, very much like our Canadense and Superbum, but 

 of clearer yellow and brighter red. It is a very good small Lily, 

 growing in large clusters, and very handsome. The lower half of 

 each petal is yellow, spotted with brown, the upper half red, almost 

 , crimson, giving the flower a very marked appearance. The foliage 

 is lanceolate, that is, very narrow lance-shaped leaves, and we have 

 never seen a plant or bulb, or even leaf, that was not 

 entirely healthful. 



Lilium par-vum is a small California Lily, and 

 one of the prettiest very small varieties we are ac- 

 quainted with. The engraving at the left shows the 

 size of the flower, which is dark yellow, ornamented 

 with small reddish dots. The small engraving will 

 give something of an idea of the habit of the plant. 

 It does not usually exceed eighteen inches in height. 



LILIUM PARVUM-FLOWER. PLANT. It seems to be perfectly healthy, and we do not re- 



member having seen one sickly plant in a bed of several thousands. 



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LILIUM PARDALINUM. 



