LILIUM. 



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oometimes 2, 3, or 4, growing from the 

 same point on the top of the stem, 

 scarlet, spotted with dark purple, 

 greenish-yellow outside, and yellow 

 within, long-clawed, wavy on the 

 margins, and recurved at the summit. 

 Leaves, linear-lanceolate, scattered. 



North America. Borders and beds, 



in deep peaty, or very sandy soil. 

 Associated with the dwarfer Lilies. 

 Separation of the bulbs. 



Lilium chalcedonicum (Scarlet Mar- 

 tagon). The well - known Scarlet 

 Martagon, 2^ to 4 ft. high. Flowers, 

 in summer ; the colour of a 

 thoroughly ripened Tomato, the 

 inside rough with small blackish 

 protuberances, pendulous, with revo- 

 lute petals ; seldom more than 6 on 

 each stem. Leaves, smooth, twisted, 

 linear-lanceolate, blunt at the point, 

 rough at the edges, suddenly dimi- 

 nishing in size about the middle of the 

 stem, and becoming very narrow to- 

 wards the top. Bulb, large, round, 

 with pointed, closely - overlapping 

 scales, yellowish on the outside. Asia 



Minor. In beds of lilies grouped 



with the taller kinds, borders, and 

 small groups on margins of shrub- 

 beries, in ordinary garden soil. In- 

 creased by separation of the bulbs. 



Lilium croceum (Orange Lily). A 

 well-known plant, with numerous gay 

 flowers on a stiff, furrowed stem, from 

 1 i to 3 ft. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 of a deep saffron or orange, with nu- 

 merous very small black spots, ar- 

 ranged in a kind of panicle, 3 to 15 on 

 each stem, over a whorl of 3 to 5 leaves 

 larger than the rest. Leaves, scattered, 

 numerous, of a bright green, spreading 

 or arched, rarely upright, linear-lan- 

 ceolate. Bulb, large, round, broader 

 than deep. There are, under the name 

 of Lilium umbellatum, some varieties 

 of this plant, varying chiefly in tone 

 from a more or less orange or ochre- 

 yellow to a deep vermilion-red, and 



with brown punctuations on the divi- 

 sions of the flowers. Italy. 



Borders, beds, margins of shrubberies, 

 or naturalization in copses, etc., in 

 common soil, though the more highly 

 manured it is the finer will be the 

 blooms and the larger the bulbs. In- 

 creased by separation of the bulbs ; 

 when growing in gardens, it should bft 

 raised every three years, as the flowers 

 from the crowded bulbs are small. 



Lilium eximiura (Transparent Trumpet 

 Lily). Closely allied to L. longiflorum, 

 probably a variety of it ; 10 to 18 in. 

 high. Flowers, in summer ; resembling 

 those of L. longiflorum, but with wider, 

 thicker, and less reflected divisions of 

 a transparent white colour. The midrib 

 is also white throughout ; in L. lonyi- 

 florum it is greenish a* the base of the 

 divisions inside the flower. Native of 



Japan. For culture, etc., see Lilium 



longiflorum. 



Lilium gigantenm (Giant Lily). A 

 huge Lily, quite different in aspect 

 from any other in cultivation ; 74 to 

 94 ft. high. Flowers, in summer; 

 greenish-white outside, tinged with 

 violet on the inside, large, 6 to 7 in. 

 long, funnel-shaped, with divisions 

 slightly reflected, fragrant, pendulous, 

 8 to 15 (sometimes 20) on each 

 tall and stout stem. Leaves, very 

 broad, those of the root and lower 

 part of stem stalked, oval-acute, with 

 a heart-shaped base ; the upper stem- 

 leaves nearly stalkless, with a roundel 

 base, and diminishing in size. Bulk, 

 very large, conical, with scales which 

 are very broad at the base and narrow 

 at the top, very fleshy, not compressed, 

 of a greenish-white colour. Native of 



Nepaul. Occasionally grown in 



greenhouses, but hardy, though only 

 flowering under favourable conditions 

 in the open air. I have seen it flower- 

 ing vigorously on deep and fine 

 sandy soil in mild districts. A well- 

 drained position, good, deep, and very 



