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LILIUlVr. 



colour of the Scarlet Martagon ; 8 to 

 16 in. high. Flowers, in summer ; very 

 deep scarlet-red without spots, pendu- 

 lous, 1 to 6 on each stem. Leaves, 

 scattered, linear, almost grass-like. 

 Bulb, pear-shaped, of the size of a 

 walnut, with rather compressed white 



scales. Native of the Caucasus. 



On the warm flanks of roekwork, on 

 the margins of very select borders, or 

 in the little nursery or warm border 

 devoted to choice bulbs ; in all cases 

 in fine sandy loam thoroughly drained. 

 Increased by seed, by separation of 

 the bulbs, and also from the scales. 



Lilium testaceum (Buff Lily). L. 

 excelsum. A tall and very stout kind, 

 44 to 64 ft. high, at once distinguished 

 by its colour and the vigour of its 

 stems. Flowers, in summer ; of a 

 nankeen or very bright buff, with 

 small dots of orange-red and a few 

 protuberances, on very long flower- 

 stalks, I to 5 on each stem. Leaves, 

 shining, of a fine green, slightly un- 

 dulating, edged with a whitish down ; 

 the lower ones in clusters, lanceolate ; 

 the upper, or stem-leaves, linear- 

 lanceolate. Bulb, large, roundish, with 

 oblong-obovate or oblong-acute scales 

 loosely overlapping each other, the 

 exterior as long as the interior ones, 

 all of a rosy flesh-colour. Native 

 country uncertain, but believed with 

 good reason to be a hybrid between 

 the common White Lily and L. chalce- 



donicum. Somewhat within the 



margins of shrubberies, or on borders, 

 in deep good soil. Propagated by 

 separation of the bulbs. 



Lilium tigrinum (Tiger Lily). The 

 well-known Tiger Lily, 3 to 54 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in summer; orange-scarlet, 

 and dotted with dark purple on the 

 inside, the divisions curving back- 

 wards and covered with brownish 

 protuberances, villous on the outside ; 

 2 to 18 on each stem. Leaves, scat- 

 tered or alternate, linear-lanceolate, 



of a dull green, the upper or floral 

 leaves solitary, oval - heart - shaped. 

 Bulb, rather large, pear-shaped, with 

 compressed, fleshy-white scales, over- 

 lapping each other in a very regular 

 manner. Native of the Corea and 

 Japan. Fringes of shrubberies, bor- 

 ders, mixed beds of lilies, and groups 

 of the finer summer-flowering plants, 

 in sandy loam. 



Lilium tigrinum Fortune! (Fortune's 



Tiger Lily). A magnificent variety 



of the preceding, or perhaps a distinct 

 species, has been lately introduced 

 into our gardens under the name of 

 L. tigrinum Fortunei. It differs from 

 the common type in growing very 

 much taller, attaining a height of 

 from 6 to 10 ft. ; in bearing a superb 

 branched pyramid of flowers (often 

 40 on one stem), and in being much 

 more hairy. No plant yet introduced 

 presents a more noble appearance 

 when seen growing singly or in small 



rups amidst shrubs about 6 ft. high, 

 is sufficiently hardy and vigorous 

 for naturalization in half- wild places, 

 and is so easily propagated from 

 the bulbils, which appear in great 

 numbers on the stems, as well as by 

 separation, that those who have it 

 should soon be able to spare some bulbs 

 of it for trial in this way. A noble sub- 

 ject for the centre of a bed of lilies. 



Lilium venustum (L. Thuribergi- 

 ctnum). Allied to the Orange and 

 Bulb-bearing lily, but very dwarf ; 1 

 to 2 ft. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 very numerous, of an orange-red, bell- 

 shaped, very open, with the edges 

 slightly turned outwards, arranged in 

 a pyramidal cluster, 1 to 10 on 

 each stem. Leaves, linear-lanceolate, 

 smooth; floral leaves shorter, sub- 

 ovate. Bulb small, nearly conical, 

 with compressed scales, rosy on the 

 outside, white or light flesh-colour on 

 the inside. Native of Japan. As- 

 sociated with the dwarf kinds on the 



