CONSIDER THE LILIES 25 



species are found within and confined to the tropics, 

 viz., L. philippinense in the Philippine Islands, and L. 

 neilgherrense on the Neilgherry Hills in southern 

 India. In this wide domain species of Lilium are 

 found under diverse conditions and a moment's reflec- 

 tion should convince us of the futility of attempting to 

 cultivate in any one garden all the species obtainable. 

 Botanists, chiefly on the shape of the flowers, 

 divide Lilies into five groups, viz. 



I. Flowers strongly recurved and suggestive of a 

 Turk's cap, a familiar example being the Tiger Lily 

 (L. tigrinum). 



II. Flowers large and funnel-shaped as in the 

 common Easter Lily (L. longiflorum). 



III. Flowers like a saucer or shallow basin as in the 

 Golden-rayed Lily of Japan (L. auratum). 



IV. Flowers erect as in the Umbellate Lily (L. 

 umbellatum). 



V. Leaves broad and heart-shaped as in the Giant 

 Lily (L. giganteum). 



For horticultural purposes a much more simple 

 classification may be invoked. For gardens in cool 

 temperate regions Lilies may be divided into two 

 broad groups: 



(A.) Hardy Lilies of which L. tigrinum, L. regale, and 

 L. Henryi may serve as examples. 



