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in honor of Mrs. C. S. Sargent. These hhes were collected and 

 sent supposing them to be Lilium leucanthemum, but when com- 

 pared with typical specimens they proved to be quite distinct 

 both in bulb and flower, although evidently they can only be 

 considered as distinct types or varieties of it. 



Lilium leucanthemum, as collected by Dr. Henry, has a pure white 

 corolla with green midribs, narrow foliage, and white bulbs, while 

 the corolla in Sargentiae is purple on the outside and white on the 

 inside. The bulbs also are purple. It is much more vigorous in 

 every way, throwing up stout flower stems with broad leaves, 

 and attaining a height of three to four feet, often bearing as many 

 as twenty flowers to a stem, but averaging about twelve. 



The plantation consisted of about ten thousand bulbs, all col- 

 lected in China, and were planted in their present position October 

 1, 1911. 



As collected this lily varies greatly both in stem and foliage, as 

 well as in the color of the flowers, which ranges from nearly pure 

 white to rosy purple and yellow. Several very distinct types may 

 be selected, which considered in a horticultural sense will have all 

 the value of distinct species. Among them is one with short tube 

 and large corolla with exceedingly broad segments, greenish on the 

 outside and white inside. It is proposed to call this type the 

 Farquhari. 



These are loam-loving lilies and their hardiness, productiveness, 

 and adaptability for general cultivation are evident when it is 

 considered that the original stock, although it has been in this 

 country but four years, has so multiplied that the bulbs may 

 be counted by the hundred thousand, in all sizes from the smallest 

 seedlings to the mature bulbs. 



Near these lilies was an equally large plantation of the superb 

 L. myriophyllum, another of Mr. Wilson's introductions from 

 western China. Although their flowering season had passed the 

 plants were in vigorous health and were growing under the same 

 conditions as the others, which were planted in clayey loam on a 

 bleak hillside sloping toward the east. 



The members of the committee were favorably impressed with 

 Lilium Sargentiae and believe it to be a lily that w^hen planted in 



