Lily 



Lily of the Valley 



(pardaliuum X wa-h- 



iugtouianum) ; 1,2. 

 callosum, 2V, sum., so., 



or. red ; 3. 

 carniolicuni, 3', Je., Jy., 



red ; vur. bosuiacinn ; 1. 

 Catesbiei, 1' to 2', Jy., 



so., spotted pur. ; 1. 

 columbianunj, 3', sum., 



ml. spotted yel. ; vur. 



lueidum : 3. 

 coiicolor, 9" to 2', sum., 



red ; vur. luteuni, yel. ; 



vars. Coridiou and pul- 



ohullum ; 2. 

 cordifolium, 4', Any;., 



wh. ; 3. 

 croceo-elegans, hybrid 



(croceum X elegaus). 

 Dalhausoni, ")', sum. 



Lowii, 2' to 3', wh., spot- 

 ted vio. (*!/" bakeri- 

 anuui) ; 3. 



Muihun, 7', sum., or. red, 

 br. spots ; hybrid (Mar- 

 tagpii album X Han- 

 soni) ; '2. 



maritimum, 3' to 5', sum., 

 red, dark pur. spots : 1. 



Masseyi resembles phila- 

 delphicum. 



Maximowiozii, 3', Jy. , 

 Aug., sc. ; 3. 



medeoloides, 1A' Jy., or. 

 red; 3. 



neilgherrense, 3', aut., 

 grli., sulphur. 



nitidum, 2', sum., yel. ; 3. 



I'ai-kmaimi, hybrid (aura- 

 tuin X speciosum), 



The name Lily is properly only applicable to the 

 Liliuni, but it is popularly used in speaking of 

 other flowers, either alone or in combination with 

 other words. The Narcissi are often called Lilies, 

 and the Lent Lily is N. Pseudo-Narcissus, the wild 

 English Daffodil ; and the Scotch Garland Lily is 

 N. scoticas. Mariposa Lily is the popular name 

 for a section of the Calochorti, the Plantain Lily is 

 the Funkia, the Snake's-head Lily is the Fritillaria, 

 the Lily of the Nile is Richardia africana, the 

 Wat IT Lily is Nymphsoa. Herodotus's Water Lily 

 is Xympliina Lotus, and his Rose Lily of the Nile is 

 the Nelumbo or Sacred Bean, Nelumbium specio- 

 sum. The Lily of the Valley, sometimes called 

 the May Lily, is Convallaria majalis. The Peru- 

 vian or Herb Lily is the Alstromeria : the Bella- 

 donna Lily, Amaryllis Belladonna; St. Bruno's 

 Lily, Anthericum Liliastrum ; St. Bernard's Lily, 

 A. Liliago ; the Brisbane Lily, Eurycles Cunning- 

 hami; the Day Lily, Hctnerocallis ; the African 

 Corn Lily, the Ixia ; and the Torch Lily, the 



Knipbofia. The Guernsey Lily is Nerine sarnien- 

 sis ; the Queen Lily, the Phiedranassa ; the Kaffir 

 Lily, the Schizostylis ; the Jacobsean Lily, the Sprek- 

 elia ; the Mount Etna Lily, the Sternbergia ; the 

 American Wood Lily, the Trillium; and the Scar- 

 borough Lily, the Vallota. The Madonna or St. 

 Joseph's Lily is Lilium candidum. 



LILY BEETLE. 



This is a small scarlet beetle (Crioccris merili- 

 !fera~), which deposits its eggs on the leaves of the 

 Liliums. From these the larva; emerge and feed 

 upon the foliage. This beetle is very uncommon. 



Photo: Cfisscll ct' Company, Ltd. 



LlLIVM KEWEXSE. 



in gardens, and it can best be coped with by hand- 

 picking or by the use of a decoction of Hellebore, 

 or such an insecticide as Abol. 



LILY OF THE VALLEY. (Cos- 



VALLARIA MAJALIS.) 



Description. Few flowers are more prized for 

 combined fragrance and beauty, and few nro as 

 useful for cut flowers, as the Lily of the Valley 

 (ord. Liliaceaa), whose cultivation is constantly 

 extending. Its spikes of drooping white bells are 

 everywhere admired. 



Propagation. By division of the clumps after 

 flowering, or by seeds sown when ripe. 



Soil. It is not particular as to soil, but ought to- 

 have one of a rich nature where possible, though 

 any deficiency can be made up by top (Irosinir 

 with decayed manure and by watering with liquid 

 manure. 



