LILIUM THUNBERGIANUM. 



Although we have had most of the new California Lilies on trial for a number of years, 

 we have been rather slow in introducing them to the notice of our readers, for reasons previ- 

 ously stated. There is great pleasure in testing comparatively untried plants and bulbs, some- 

 what the same kind of feeling we experience in travel- 

 ing a new road or visiting a strange country. We would 

 deprive no one of this pleasurable excitement, yet we 

 cannot forget the fact that many of our friends have but 

 little money with which to indulge their love for the 

 beautiful, and we feel exceedingly anxious that this little 

 should be invested to the best possible advantage. 



To three Lilies that are favorites with us we wish to 

 call special attention. They are Thunbergianum atrosan- 

 guineum grandiflorum, Thmi- 

 bergianum atrosanguineum ful- 

 gens and Thunbergianum citri- 

 num. They are all grand 

 flowers, bearing immense num- 

 bers of blossoms, continuing a 

 good season in bloom, healthy 

 and vigorous, and increase rapid- 

 ly in numbers ; certainly an array 

 of good qualities that should 

 recommend them to general cul- 

 ture, and yet they are not seen in 

 our gardens. 



Thunbergianum atrosanguineum grandiflorum is a very robust plant, growing only about 

 thirty inches in height. The leaves are narrow, dark in color, thickly set, and no Lily we are 

 acquainted with makes a more vigorous, healthy growth. The flowers are about four inches 

 across, and are borne in immense clusters. The one from which our little engraving was taken 

 had twenty open flowers and as many buds. The color is a very deep red the darkest of all 

 the red Lilies. 



Thunbergianum atrosanguineum fulgens 

 is like" the preceding in habit, a few inches 

 shorter, the clusters of flowers not quite so 

 large, while the color is a curious mottling 

 or different shades of red. 



Thunbergianum citrinum 

 grows only about eighteen 

 inches in height. The flowers 

 are generally larger than either 

 of the two preceding varieties, 

 and the color we hardly know 

 how to describe. It is some- 

 thing between a cream and 

 salmon, and one of the best 

 of the light colored Lilies. 

 The engravings of the plants 

 show the comparative differ- 

 ence in height between the PLANT. TIGER LILY. 

 Citrinum and Atrosanguineum. The flower shows the form of both, but much reduced in size. 



Our last engraving shows the old Tiger Lily, that everybody knows. It is still as good as 

 some of the varieties we have tried, and which are claimed to be improvements upon this old 

 fashioned flower. 



Our native Canadense or superbum is a goodly Lily, improves by cultivation, and deserves 

 an honorable place in every collection of Lilies. 



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