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NOTES ON LILIES 



it is not to be expected, that we have been fortunate enough to hit 

 everybody's ideal of the bulb-growth of the species figured, still 

 every figure has been carefully made from an actual bulb. Nor did 

 I altogether trust to my own experience in the matter, since the 

 selection of the type specimens in nearly all cases, was made for me 

 by Mr. G. F. Wilson, Dr. Wallace, Mr. Horsman, Mr. Bull, Mr. Barr, 

 and other well-known Lily importers and cultivators. Not a scale 

 has been added or sacrificed for artistic purposes, and in most cases 

 the original sketches are reproduced of the natural size. 



SUB-GENUS I. 



CAEDIOCEINUM. 



Lilium Cordiflomm. The stately Cordiflorum and Giganteum (the 

 latter now pretty generally grown in our gardens) are readily dis- 

 tinguished from all other Lilies by their broadly heart-shaped, 

 Funkia-like leaves, the large thickened bases of which become some- 

 what indurated and permanent, forming 

 what may be called a bulb, but one essen- 

 tially different in texture and general 

 appearance from the bulbs of all other 

 Lily species. Giganteum is so similar to 

 the Japanese Cordifolium, both in foliage 

 and flower, that I follow Mr. Baker in 

 considering them merely forms of the 

 same plant,* a little varied, perhaps, by 

 different climate, soil, and other conditions 

 mainly dependent on geographical distri- 

 bution. If all other characters fail, how- 

 ever, the plants are readily distinguished 

 by their bulbs, which differ in several 

 particulars, but like those of many other 

 Lilies, more in general appearance than 

 in describable characters. Mr. Baker 

 describes the bulb of Cordifolium as being 

 " in every respect like that of Giganteum, 

 but smaller, and with thicker, more 

 wrinkled, and less regular scales." I also 

 find the bulbs smaller, and the scales 

 thicker and more succulent, smooth, even 

 glossy when freshly dug. I have not seen 

 dry bulbs, but as a rule the more fleshy and 

 succulent bulbs are when fresh, the more 

 wrinkled they become when dried. Both are deciduous in November, 

 and the bulbs of Cordifolium are then plump and glossy, the size of a 



* I can hardly agree with this, I consider these two very different both as to growth 

 flower, and bulb, see my remarks on these differences, in " Synopsis," next chapter. 



L. Cordifolium (Japan and China) ; 



half natural size ; from cultivated 



bulb ; colour, green and brown. 



