AND THEIR CULTURE. 1& 



** Coming upon a bed of these Lilies, one is at first inclined to suppose 

 they have been scattered abroad as seed, and yet I have never procured a 

 single seed-pod either from wild or cultivated plants ; they form at first, 

 but never come to anything. The real mode of propagation is from the 

 roots, one or two long roots being thrown out, from which at intervals 

 small bulbs are formed, and after a time become independent plants. 

 Suckers or offshoots are sometimes formed by the bulb, but it is rather a 

 sign of weakness than of strength, and the original bulb suffers. Too 

 much moisture is apt to produce offsets." 



L. PolypJiyllum. " This I have only found in one locality as yet, and 

 from that they have now been extirpated. The elevation was 6,500 feet, 

 the locality a narrow shallow ravine covered over with trees and shrubs, 

 so that the plants were well sheltered, and only got the forenoon sun ; 

 they were as usual growing on the sloping sides of the ravine, in good 

 vegetable mould at the surface, but stony ground beneath. I see your 

 Botanical works .pronounce the flower to be white, which is incorrect ; it 

 is of a creamy or waxy white, the inside spotted with dull purplish dots, 

 the ends of the petals reflexed, and the flower drooping. Height from 

 3 to 3 feet. It is long since I saw the flower, but an old note-book tells 

 me. * Flower sweet-scented, waxy- white, irrorated inside with specks of 

 purplish brown ; flowers early in June, and affects shady moist shrubberies.' 

 It does not appear to be a very hardy plant, and when in exposed 

 situations without shelter it soon disappears. It thrives in damp shady 

 shrubberies, with the sun on the locality until about 3 P.M." 



" L. Nepalense is said to be found in Gurwhal, but I have not yet 

 succeeded in procuring it." 



L. Nanum. " The flowers of a small low growing Lily were brought to 

 me about two years ago from a spot not more than a mile from my house, 

 but we have since searched in vain for the bulb. It was growing among 

 fragments of rocks on the side of a cliff. Plants of this sort are often 

 lost by the prevailing system of burning off the old grass to insure a 

 fresh bite for cattle. I have referred the plant provisionally to L. Nanum 

 until we can find it again." 



" L. Giganteum is found farther in the interior, but not at any great 

 elevation. I first procured it in 1837, four marches beyond Simla. It 

 was in a deep sheltered valley, or rather glen, well clothed with trees and 

 brushwood, where the sun could have exercised but little influence ; the 

 soil was a rich vegetable mould, but the slope was still great, and 

 drainage perfect. It does not thrive on the outer Southern ranges, 

 perhaps from too much warmth and too little attention to shelter ; but 

 whatever the cause, they are very liable to rot. It bears abundance of 

 seed in favourable situations. I have seen them 5i feet in height." 



L. Macrophyllum. "This is a beautiful species from Cashmere, and has 

 a delicious odour. The flowers are in bunches of four or five, and pure 

 white ; altogether it resembles L. CancUdum a good deal. Whether it 

 grows in forest tracts, or in open, I know not, but there is certainly 

 something wrong in its treatment, for it speedily disappears. I am now 

 treating it like L. Roseum, and it looks bright and healthy." 



"I agree with you, that Lilies which remain for a season without 

 springing materially increase the size and strength of the bulb. But I 



