258 FLORA BOMESTICA. 



On this account it was, by the Romans, held sacred to 

 Juno. 



Garcilasso compares a dying youth to a Lily cut down 

 by the plough : 



-" he laid his pallid face 



On the burnt soil, and sighed away, forlorn, 

 His soul of beauty, like the rose of morn 

 That, smit by the hot season, sickening grieves, 

 Hangs its gay head, and pales its crimson leaves, 

 Or as a lily which the passing share 

 Leaves cruelly cut down, whereby its fair 

 Transparent hue, though not all perished, now 

 That its maternal earth neglects to throw 

 Juice through its veins, fades soon as noon-tide tells 

 Her wonted rosary on its dewy bells." 



WJFFEN'S GARCILASSO, p. 246. 



Catesby's Lily was named in honour of Mr. Catesby, 

 who first found it in South Carolina. It is one of the 

 smallest of the lilies cultivated in this country ; the whole 

 plant, when in bloom, being little more than a foot high. 

 The flower is variously shaded with red, orange, and 

 lemon colours, and has no scent. It blows in July and 

 August. This lily does not produce offsets very fast. It 

 must be carefully sheltered from frost, and be kept mode- 

 rately moist. 



The Orange-Lily has a large and brilliant flower, of a 

 glowing flame-colour, figured and dotted with black and 

 fiery red. There are several varieties of this species : 

 one of which, called the Bulb-bearing Fiery Lily, puts 

 out bulbs From the axils of the stalks ; which, when the 

 stalks decay, being taken off, and planted, will produce 

 new plants. 



The Orange-Lily will thrive in v any soil or situation, 

 and is readily increased by offsets. The bulbs should 

 be removed every second year, and planted again before 



