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L. puberulum. A synonym of Pallidifolium, a 

 variety of L. pardalinum, Page 218. 



L. pulchellum. A variety of L. concolor, Page 206. 



L. pumilum. A synonym of L. callosum, Page 

 201. 



L. punctatum. A variety of several species, but 

 best known as belonging to L. speciosum, to which it is 

 referred. 



L. puniceum. A synonym of L. tenuifolium. 



L. pyrenaicum. See L. pomponium, Page 221. 



L. Robinsonianum. A variety of L. pardalinum, 

 Page 218. 



L. Roezlii. A synonym of Angustifolium, a vari- 

 ety of pardalinum, Page 218. 



L. sinicum. See under Concolor, Page 206. 



L. speciosum. As a whole, this species of Lilies 

 far surpasses any other species of herbaceous plants, for 

 the garden, or for the greenhouse. Among Lilies there 

 are none to compare, excepting L. candidum, which has 

 no peer. By common consent, Speciosum was regarded 

 the species ; all other forms were varieties. This mat- 

 ters not, so long as it is so understood, that we do not 

 get the varieties mixed. So in our descriptions we shall 

 consider Speciosum a type, notwithstanding the fact 

 that, when introduced by Dr. Siebold, it referred to 

 what is now considered L. s. rubrum. 



The extreme beauty of the Speciosum species has 

 tempted the growers to multiply varieties to an almost 

 unlimited extent ; far beyond the limit of reason, to say 

 the least, as names have been given plants for differences 

 that exist only in the imagination. One dealer lists 

 thirty-four varieties, four times as many as the most 

 enthusiastic admirer could find, uninfluenced by the 

 hope of gain. We shall note such varieties as have some 

 individual features that commend them to the reader, 

 in whose interest this book is written. 



