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produce from ten to fifteen bright scarlet flowers, with 

 numerous small black spots. Notwithstanding its stately 

 form and gorgeous display, it is classed with weedy plants, 

 because of its rapid increase and ease of cultivation ; 

 whereas, in gardens of any considerable extent, it should 

 have a prominent place and be confined to it. 



Var. flore pleno (Double Flowering Tigrinum). 

 A magnificent plant, reaching a height of six feet, with 

 a diameter of more than three feet, bearing, in a season, 

 more than sixty flowers; continuing in bloom more 

 than six weeks. 



Var. splendens. In a rich soil and partially shaded 

 situation, will grow to the height of six feet, producing 

 an immense number of flowers in a pyramidal cluster. 



Var. Maximowiczii. Sometimes sold under the 

 name of L. Fortunei, and is often called a variety of L. 

 Leiclitlinii, Page 214; flowers a light orange-red, with 

 small black dots. This differs from the species in not 

 having axillary bulblets. It is a very showy plant, flow- 

 ering in August, and is increased rapidly from seed. 

 All the varieties of Tigrinum, excepting this, are rapidly 

 increased from the axillary bulbs, which should be 

 planted as soon as they drop; they make bulbs that 

 flower the second year. 



L. umbellatum. A synonym of L. 'bulbiferum, 

 Page 201. 



L. Van Houttei. A variety of L. elegans. 



L. venustum. A variety of L. elegans, Page 207. 



L; Wallacei. A very showy lily, but whether a 

 distinct species or a garden hybrid is a question not yet 

 decided. It is of easy culture, increasing rapidly, and 

 flowering most profusely. In form it is intermediate 

 between Maximowiczii and Concolor. The flowers are 

 vermilion-orange, spotted at the base and center with 

 numerous slightly raised small maroon spots ; it is one 

 of the latest flowering sorts. 



