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of the plant. Leaves, lanceolate, pu- 

 bescent underneath, veined, the lower 

 one wider. Bulb, pear-shaped or oval- 

 oblong, large, covered with very nume- 

 rous loose, whitish - yellow, or flesh- 

 coloured scales. The Caucasus. On 



warm borders, m beds of lilies, and in 

 open spots on the sunny fringes of 

 the choice shrubbery, in deep, well- 

 drained, very sandy soil. Well grown 

 in the Botanic Garden at Edinburgh. 

 Separation of the bulbs. 



Lilium Pomponium (Turban Lily). 

 Somewhat like the Martagon Lily in 

 shape ; 1 to 2 ft. high. Flowers, early 

 in summer ; red, orange, or vermilion, 

 dotted with black inside, and covered 

 with protuberances for nearly half 

 their length, with long lanceolate-acute 

 divisions rolled back like a turban ; 

 4 to 6 on each stem. Leaves, scattered, 

 numerous, three-veined, the lower 

 ones linear-lanceolate, acute ; the upper 

 linear, standing close together, almost 

 in whorls, all much fringed, ciliated 

 on the margin and on the midrib un- 

 derneath. Bulb, the size of a large 

 walnut, with scales of a yellowish 

 white. There is a variety with yellow 

 flowers, called the Yellow-flowered 

 Martagon Lily, or Yellow Duke. Si- 

 beria. Borders, among the dwarf er 



kinds in beds, and in beds of American 

 plants, in deep sandy peat. Separa- 

 tion of the bulbs. 



Lilium speciosum (Spotted Lily). L. 

 lancifolium. A beautifully - marked 

 Lily, often grown in pots, but per- 

 fectly hardy ; 2 to 4 ft. high, some- 

 times more. Flowers, late in summer 

 and autumn ; large, 4 to 5 in. in dia- 

 meter, rosy-white, spotted with car- 

 mine-red or purple, and covered on the 

 internal surface with irregular protu- 

 berances which are frequently of a 

 deeper purplish-red, pendulous or in- 

 clining, very fragrant, 1 to 10 on each 

 stem. Leaves, scattered or alternate, 

 rather wide, narrowing to a point, and 



rounded at the base. Bulb, almost 

 round, sometimes rather depressed, at 

 others somewhat elongated, with very 

 fleshy scales, of a blood-red hue. There 

 are many varieties, chiefly differing in 

 colour, some of them not uncommon in 

 our greenhouses. Native of the Corea 



and Japan. In the open air this 



may be associated with the finest 

 autumn-flowering herbaceous plants ; 

 also planted in very small groups in 

 isolated beds, near the margin of 

 masses of shrubs, and towards the 

 outer edge of beds of mixed kinds of 

 lilies, always in well-drained sandy 

 soil, and in as sheltered a position as 

 is convenient. Separation of bulbs. 



Lilium superbum (Great American 

 Lily). A very tall kind, 5 to 9 ft. 

 high, with slender stems and leaves, 

 and a profusion of flowers. Flowers, 

 late in summer ; in a pyramidal ra- 

 ceme, very numerous, according to 

 the strength of the plant, with divi- 

 sions curving backwards, of a light 

 mahogany-red or cochineal on the out- 

 side, yellow, spotted with violet- 

 purple on the inside, in a pyramidal 

 cluster of from 10 to 40 on each stem. 

 Leaves, linear - lanceolate, the lower 

 ones in whorls, the others alternate. 

 Bulb, white, rather large, with whitish 



scales. North America. In groups 



here and there between tall American 

 shrubs, always in deep sandy peat. 

 I have never seen this plant so 

 finely developed as in Mr. Antony 

 Waterer's nursery at Woking, under 

 and at the very base of Magnolia trees. 

 It is seen to greatest perfection when 

 growing among shrubs from 6 to 10 ft. 

 high, which will also help to shelter 

 it. Probably a form of this is the plant 

 grown in the Dublin Botanic Garden 

 under the name of Lilium Michauxii. 

 Increased by separation of the bulbs. 



Lilium tenuifolium (Tomb Thumb 

 Lily). A very dwarf and slender- 

 leaved kind, but with all the glory of 



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