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the panther lily (L. pardelinum) is to the North 

 American kinds there are many finer to choose 

 from. But both are easy to grow, and the grand 

 whorls of Hansont certainly are not to be de- 

 spised. Its small turban is of a distinct yellow, 

 with a peculiar Oriental odor you would know 

 it came from Japan with your eyes shut. I 

 should, doubtless, admire it more if I could grow 

 it larger. I place it above pardelinum, which 

 passes by quickly, and has a loose sort of flower 

 on limp stalks that always require support ; 

 Montgomery would never have grown the latter 

 in his lily garden. The Calif ornian L. Wash- 

 ingtonianum is, I think, also overestimated 

 difficult to grow, and very fleeting. L. Hum- 

 boldtti, Z. rub esc ens y and L. Parryi are finer. 

 All the Californian species, except pardeltmim, 

 are more or less difficult to manage ; they often 

 remain in the ground a long time before appear- 

 ing. These do better in some portions of Eng- 

 land, where they are consigned by the thousands, 

 to be sold at auction. No little confusion has ex- 

 isted concerning the Californian species. There 

 are differences in plants which florists readily 

 recognize, but botanists will not. Thus L. ru- 

 bescens, one of the handsomest of the species, 

 was formerly classed with L. Washmgtonianum> 

 a distinct species in almost every particular. 



