AND THE1E CULTUEB. 137 



" I cannot say whence it was introduced, but it is possible that my father 

 bought it at the sale of the stock of the famous nursery of Voorhelm 

 Schreevogt, in 1887. Of this Lily, there were sold annually a few dozen 

 bulbs, especially in Belgium, at a price of 10s. Qd. each. It was then 

 considered to be the true L. Japonicum of Thunberg, and was a form allied 

 to L. Odorum of Plancbon, figured and described in the " Fl. des Serres," 

 t. 876-77. 



"I find Japonicum under that name in the nursery catalogues of our 

 firm in 1850 55, the last year at a much higher price than before. It 

 had not been offered for a couple of years, as the stock had diminished too 

 much. In 1858, it is again quoted at the former price, with a remark as 

 to its rarity, but, in the following year, it was omitted, being lost or sold 

 out, and since tbat time I have never met with this form in any collection. 

 Planchon speaks about this Lily as being figured in Loddige's " Botanical 

 Cabinet" t. 438, and states that it is in some points different from his 

 Odorum. This is quite true, and both Lilies must be considered as two, 

 perhaps closely allied, but different forms. Odorum was introduced to our 

 nursery in 1854, and in the catalogue of that and the following year, it 

 was noted that it was a distinct form of the old Japonicum. Both these 

 Lilies shewed, at least from a horticultural point of view, so great a 

 difference from Brownii, that if not considered a distinct species, they at 

 least must be accepted as strikingly different varieties. Brownii was once 

 cultivated and considered by some to be identical with Thunberg's Ja- 

 ponicum. This erroneous impression was, if I remember rightly, first 

 cleared up by Spae in his " Memoire sur le Genre Lis," in 1845. M. Const 

 Ghildorf, Ghent, in his catalogue (1844 45), writes about the two Lilies 

 in question, as follows In Brownii, tbe exterior of the petals is white 

 striped with dark crimson, nearly \ inch broad, sepals greenish white, 

 dotted with crimson, and bordered with clear white. The Japan Lily 

 introduced in 1804, has only the top petals tinged with crimson. 



" As far as I can judge, there are four different forms which I should be 

 inclined to unite in two groups. One, consisting of Brownii, the finest 

 of all, the most popular, as well as the most hardy and most easily grown. 

 The other group should comprise the old Japonicum, Odorum of Planchon, 

 and Japonicum Colcliesterii. Being delicate and difficult to manage, the 

 two former are at present probably lost in Europe. Their three forms are 

 very closely allied to each other, but differ much from Brownii, especially 

 in the bulbs."/. H. Krelage, Garden, v., 13, p., 541. 



After this evidence, we think no one will in future, mix up under 

 one name, these two very distinct horticultural, if not botanical, forms. 



In the Abbe David's collection of Chinese plants, there are some specimens 

 gathered at Kin-Hang, which appear to hold a somewhat intermediate position between 

 Longiftorum and Brownii, having a more open flower than the former, and being 

 apparently tinted with purple outside ; \ve should refer this form to our L. Odorum. 



9. L. Krameri. Japonicum, Thunb. Fl. Jap. 133 ; Mem. Acad. 

 Peters., iii, 205, tab. v. fig. 2 ; Flor. and Pom. No. 73, t. 13, c. icone. 

 Hort. Wallace, Hook, til., Bot. Mag., t., 6,058. Stem, 3 or 4 feet 

 high, slender, terete, smooth, spotted with purple ; leaves, distinct 

 from each other scattered, fifteen or sixteen in number, linear-lance 



