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5. A. SCHOBNOPRA'SUM, L. Scape naked or few-leaved at base, about as 

 long as the subulate-filiform leaves ; spathe 2-valved, about equal to 

 the umbel. 



RUSH-LEEK ALLIUM. Chives, or Gives. 



Fr. Ciboulette. Germ. Der Schnittlauch. Span. Cebollino. 



Growing in bunches. Bulbs small. Scape 6-9 inches high, smooth. Leaves erect, 

 about as long as the scape. Umfxl about an inch in diameter. Spafhe of 2 ovate mem- 

 branaceous nerved purplish valves. Calyx purple with a tinge of violet. 



Gardens : cultivated. Native of Europe. Fl. July. Fr. September. 



Obs. Cultivated as a culinary herb ; and often used as a kind of me- 

 dicinal food for young poultry. Two or three other species of thissgenus 

 are cultivated in Europe ; namely, A. Scorodoprasum, L., or Rocambole 

 A. Scalonicum, L., or Schallott, &c. But I believe they are not much 

 attended to, in this country. We have, also, a few native species ; 

 but they are scarcely of sufficient importance to require the notice of 

 the Agriculturist. 



6. LLL/IUM, L. LILY. 



[The classical Latin name.] 



Perianth bell-shaped or funnel-form, of 6 distinct petal-like sepals, either 

 clawed or sessile, often recurved or revolute, with a central groove in- 

 side near the base, deciduous. Anthers linear, versatile. Style longer 

 tkan the stamens, somewhat clavate ; stigma 3-lobed. Capsule oblong, 

 3-angled, with the angles grooved ; seeds flat, margined, in 2 rows in 

 each cell. Bulbs scaly ; stems simple, leafy ; leaves sessile, alternate, or 

 whorled ; flowers very large. 



1. L. Canaden'se, L. Leaves generally and remotely whorled, lanceo- 

 late, nerves and margins roughish-pubesceut ; flowers nodding, the 

 lobes sessile, recurved. 



CANADIAN LILIUM. Wild Yellow Lily. 



Stem 2-3 feet high. Leaves 2-3 inches long, in rather distant whorls of 4 - 6. Flowers 

 3-7 or 10 (rarely solitary), all nodding, on peduncles 3 - 6 inches in length. Perianth 

 yellow (sometimes reddish-orange), with numerous dark purple spots inside ; lobes 2-3 

 inches long, recurved from near the middle. 



Common in meadows. June- July. 



Obs. This, which is so very abundant and showy, is introduced as a 

 representative of several native and cultivated species. Besides this, we 

 have several other wild sorts, which will be found described in the flo- 

 ras ; the most conspicuous of them being the Turk's-cap Lily (L, Super- 

 bum, L.), which has sometimes as many as 20-40 flowers ; it is said 

 to improve much by culture. The beautiful White Lily (L. ALBUM:,) is 

 well known from being frequently cultivated in gardens, as is the Tiger 

 Lily (L. BULBIFERUM)- which produces little blackish bulblets in the 

 axils of the leaves. The newly introduced Japan Lilies (L. LANCIFOLIUM. 



