84 LILIES. 



Tliere are some pure white, and others yellow, growing in 

 various parts of the country. Among the foreign genera 

 are several species. Of the Alartagon, or Turk's Cap Lilies, 

 there are some beautiful varieties; as the Caligula, which 

 produces scarlet flowers ; and there is one called the Crown 

 of Tunis, of purple colour ; beside these, are the Double 

 Violet Flamed, the White, the Orange, and the Spotted; 

 these are all hardy, and may be planted in various parts of 

 the garden, by taking out a square foot of earth, and then, 

 after manuring and pulverizing it, the bulbs may be planted 

 therein before the setting in of winter, at different depths, 

 from two to four inches, according to the size of the bulbs. 

 Some of the Chinese varieties are very beautiful, as the 

 Tiger, or Leopard Lily, and the dwarf red, Lilium con- 

 color. There are others with elegant silver strijDes, which 

 are very showy, and there is one called Lilium siiperbwn, 

 that has been known to have twenty-five flowers on a single 

 stalk. 



Beside those above enumerated, there are some others 

 which are generally cultivated in green-houses, as the Calla, 

 or Ethiopian Lily; and the following, which have been 

 known to endure our winters, by protecting them with 

 dung, &c. : Lilium longiflomm, in two varieties ; these pro- 

 duce on their stalks, which grow from twelve to eighteen 

 inches high, beautiful rose coloured flowers, streaked with 

 white, which are very sweet-scented. These roots are 

 sometimes kept out of the ground until spring, and then 

 planted in the flower borders, but they should be preserved 

 carefully in sand or dry mould. Lilium Jajoonictnn : of 

 these there are two varieties, which produce several stalks 

 at once, yielding very showy flowers. One of the varieties 

 is blue flowered, and the other produces flowers of the 

 purest white. 



