170 8Tf)e (KartJen's .Storj. 



and superbutri), L. C. rubrum, L. C. Hartwegt, 

 L. C. minus, L. C. occidental, L. C. parvifto- 

 rum, /.. C. parvum, L. C. puberulum, L. C 

 Walker i. No less than seven forms of L. Phi- 

 ladelphzcum are mentioned : L. P. andtnum, L. 

 P. tuanscharicum, L. P. of Brentwood, L. P. 

 of Connecticut, L. P. of Massachusetts, L. P. of 

 the Orange Mountains, L. P. varietas Hookeri. 

 First among the lilies is one of the three most 

 common and easily-grown species, the tall orange- 

 lily (L. croceum). This would show to better 

 advantage if it did not appear with the Oriental 

 poppies, which overpower everything else in red 

 about them. The orange-lily looks best spring- 

 ing from the shrubbery, and, like the tiger-lily, 

 needs to be seen in strong, well-established 

 clumps, to show its real characteristics. The 

 orange-lily is succeeded, a few days later, by one 

 of the finest of lilies, the Caucasian L. colchi- 

 cum, much less frequently seen than its merit 

 deserves a soft canary-yellow flower, speckled 

 with small dark-brown spots on either rim of the 

 petals, and exhaling an intense and individual 

 odor. It is a slow species to arrive at perfection, 

 and, owing to the cernuous habit of its flower, is 

 not seen at its best until well established and its 

 stems rise to their full height. As it blossoms 

 with the conspicuous lemon-yellow day-lily, it 



