74 EECOED OF HOKTICULTUEE. 



L. hulhiferum. — The common orange or red Lily of our 

 gardens. ISTative of Austria. 



JO. Canadense (Wild Yellow Lily). — Flowers, oblong, 

 bell-shaped, yellow, spotted with purple ; very common ; 

 wild. 



L. superbum (Turk's Cap Lily). — Flowers, bright or- 

 ange color, spotted on the inside with purple. Common in 

 low, Avet bogs. 



L. Fortunii. — Flowers, orange yellow, dotted with 

 brown purple ; leaves linear lanceolate, alternate ; stem 

 very slender. A new variety from Japan. 



L. fidgens. — Flowers, dark-brownish red, large ; stems 

 growing about two feet high, with four to six flowers on 

 each. This species is sometimes called atrosanguineum. 

 From Japan. 



Xi. fulgens staminosutn. — A new variety from Japan ; 

 flowers, dark crimson, in which the stamens become petal- 

 oid emarginate. 



X. nigrum. — This is another new species. It is called 

 the Black Lily of Kamtschatka, or Sarana Kamtschatica. 

 The flowers are very dark colored, and resemble in form 

 the Fertillary. 



X. giganteum (Giant Lily). — Flowers, large, trumpet- 

 shaped, white within and brownish on outside ; stems 

 grow six to ten feet high, bearing fifteen to twenty or more 

 flowers. It requires a* slight protection in winter in the 

 Northern States 



X. tigrinum. — The common Tiger Lily ; well known. 



X. avenaceum. — Flowers, small, bright orange, spotted 

 with red. Japan. 



