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LILIUM. 



early in summer ; large, deep saffron - 

 yellow or bright orange-red, with one 

 large spot of a paler colour and nume- 

 rous brown dots ; arranged in an um- 

 bellated panicle, 2 to 10 on each stem. 

 Leaves, alternate, linear - lanceolate, 

 almost quite smooth, bearing in their 

 axils the bulbils whence the plant 

 derives its specific name. Bulb, large, 

 pear-shaped, with very fleshy com- 

 pressed scales, white on the outside, 

 rosy within. Central and Southern 



Europe. Isolated plants and small 



groups in beds of dwarf evergreens, 

 in mixed borders, and grouped with 

 other kinds, in deep sandy loam. 

 Increased by the bulbils and by sepa- 

 ration of the bulbs. 



Lilium canadense (Canadian Lily). 

 A prettily - spotted medium - sized 

 kind, with whorled foliage ; 2 to 4 ft. 

 high. Flowers, in summer; of an 

 orange - yellow at the top, yellow 

 spotted with purple in the middle, 

 with lanceolate divisions curving 

 "backwards a little ; 1 to 10 on each 

 stem. Leaves, numerous, in distant 

 whorls, ovate - lanceolate, smooth 

 above, slightly villous underneath. 

 Bulb resembling that of L. Martagon, 

 but smaller and whiter. Native of N. 



America. Suitable for beds of lilies 



and mixed borders, in very sandy soil. 

 Separation of the bulbs. 



Lilium candidum (White Lily). The 

 well-known White Lily of our cottage 

 gardens, 3 to 5 ft. high, flowers, in 

 summer ; pure white with yellow 

 anthers, of an elegant bell-shape, 

 smooth on the inside, standing nearly 

 erect or horizontal, emitting an 

 agreeable but powerful odour; 4 to 

 20 on a stem. Leaves, gradually dimi- 

 nishing in size from the base upwards ; 

 those of the base wedge-shaped, the 

 upper ones linear - lance - shaped. 

 Bulb, large, pear-shaped, with loose 

 scales of a greenish- white on the out- 

 side, and a light flesh-colour within ; 



in anitumn the external scales develop 

 themselves into small leaves. A very 

 fine variety, L. candidum striatum. 

 has the flowers handsomely spotted 

 and striped with purplish-red. A 

 double white variety is often sold, 

 but it has none of the beauty, grace, 

 or purity of colour of the ordinary 

 single form, and is not worthy of cul- 

 tivation. There is also a variety with 

 variegated leaves. Syria and Persia. 



Borders, margins of shrubberies, 



or naturalization, in ordinary soil, the 

 deeper and lighter the better. In- 

 creased by separation of the bulbs. 



Lilium carniolicum (Lily of Car- 

 niola). At present an uncommon 

 kind, 1 to 2 ft. high. Flowers, in sum- 

 mer ; scarlet-red or orange - yellow, 

 with greenish base, marked on the 

 lower part with a great number of 

 prominent tawny - purple lines, the 

 divisions being turned back as in the 

 Turban Lily, pendulous, 1 to 6 on 

 each stem. Leaves, almost patent, at 

 regular distances from each other, 

 lanceolate-acute, rough and downy on 

 the edges, diminishing in size as they 

 approach the top of the stem. Car- 

 niola. Among the dwarf and me- 

 dium-sized kinds, in light soil. Sepa- 

 ration of the bulbs. 



Lilium carolinianum (Carolina Lily}. 

 Allied to L. superbum ; 2 to 3 ft. and 

 upwards high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 of an orange-yellow spotted with deep 

 purple in the throat, generally in 

 threes, on thick flower-stalks bent 

 downwards. Leaves, for the most part 

 in whorls, wedge-shaped-lanceolate, 

 or oboval. Divisions of the perianth 

 lanceolate, very acute and very much 

 reflected. Native of North America. 



In beds or groups, in moist deep 



peat. Separation of the bulbs. 



Lilium Catesbaei (Southern Red Lily). 

 A very distinct kind ; 16 in. to 

 2 ft. high. Flowers, in summer ; open 

 bell-shaped, erect, usually solitary, 



