202 BULBS AXD TUBEROUS-HOOTED PLANTS. 



drooping, bell-shaped yellow flowers, shaded with orange. 

 Like all indigenous plants, it is easily grown, and capa- 

 ble of improvement by good cultivation. Its varieties 

 are : 



Var. rubrum. A strong grower, free flowering; 

 color bright crimson, with small spots. In clumps, 

 under cultivation, it is exceedingly beautiful. 



Yar. flavum. This has the same general habit as 

 the foregoing; its flowers are bright yellow, slightly 

 tinged with crimson, and spotted with brown. 



Var. parvum. A form common in California, 

 growing from four to six feet high, and bears in a raceme 

 on long stalks, a great number of pendulous, small yel- 

 low dotted flowers, with broad, blunt petals; foliage in 

 whorls. 



Var. parviflorum. A form closely resembling the 

 above, differing in its lower growth and smaller flowers. 



Var. maritimum. Is a small-flowered maritime 

 Lily, found in low, peaty meadows on the coast near 

 San Francisco. The flowers are deep reddish orange- 

 brown, spotted dark purple inside. Like most of the 

 California Lilies, this variety does not like the Eastern 

 climate of America, and does not succeed well there. 



L. candidum. This species is older than history, 

 as the first notice made of plants speaks of it as a "well- 

 known plant." It is the loveliest, as well as the oldest, 

 and if we were to have but one Lily, Candidum would 

 be the one. As a garden flower the cultivation of 

 Candida m is most simple. It will thrive in any fairly 

 good soil, but to insure a free growth and a profusion of 

 flowers, the soil should be rich, deep and moist. It is, 

 therefore, best to make suitable arrangements for the 

 bed by first selecting a favorable situation, and then put- 

 ting it in the most perfect condition by digging deep 

 and enriching thoroughly. Plantings should always be 

 made in August, when the bulbs are at rest; very soon 



