224 BULBS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLANTS. 



Var. rubrum. This was the first introduction, 

 and was figured in Paxton's Magazine of Botany for 

 January, 1838, and described, in part, as follows : "A 

 most magnificent species of Lily; t not only handsome' 

 (as Dr. Lindley observed, in the Botanical Register, 

 Page 2,000) beyond all we before knew in gardens 

 (among Lilies), on account of the clear, deep rose-color 

 of its flowers, which seem all rugged with rubies and 

 garnets, and sparkling with crystal points, but it has 

 the sweet fragrance of the Petunia." Much confusion 

 exists in regard to the variety names, some dealers call- 

 ing it Rubrum, others Roseum, many sending it out 

 under both names. Having grown many thousands of 

 the supposed different varieties, we have never been 

 able to note sufficient difference in color to warrant the 

 two names. It is true, that in a bed of either, one will 

 find some darker, some lighter, the cause of which seems 

 to us to be, that it is a seedling and intermediate between 

 Purpuratum and Punctatum. As the former is truly 

 represented by the colored illustration in Paxton's Mag- 

 azine of Botany, and the one we designate as true 

 Rubrum, while the latter is also figured in the same vol- 

 ume, and is as perfect an illustration of the flower as it is 

 possible for the lithographic art to produce, and it is there 

 called Roseum (synonym Punctatum). Therefore the 

 variety sold as Purpuratum might, with propriety, be 

 called Rubrum. Punctatum was, from its introduction, 

 called Roseum. Seedlings from these varieties would 

 very naturally produce, not only the two varieties under 

 consideration, but many others that have been honored 

 with varietal names. See Engraving, Page 223. 



Yar. roseum (syn. punctatum). Paxton describes 

 this as follows : "In the exquisite loveliness of its flow- 

 ers, their superior size, and the stronger and more robust 

 habits of the plant, this charming variety almost outvies 

 the splendid species (L. speciosum). The dazzling bril- 



