CHAPTEK II 

 TYPE II 



THE WHITE LILY (lAlium candidum, L.) 



IT matters little which of the common kinds of Lily 

 we take for our type. The following description 

 refers in the main to the White Lily, but the general 

 Figs. 52 and 53 are of Lilium auratum, and some 

 of the other figures refer to different kinds. 



The White Lily grows wild in Southern Europe, 

 Persia, and the Caucasus, and is one of the commonest 

 Lilies cultivated in gardens. 



I. EXTERNAL CHARACTERS 



A. VEGETATIVE ORGANS 



In cultivation, Lilies are usually raised from lulli*. 

 A bulb is really a large underground bud. It consists 

 of a short conical stem, covered with densely-crowded, 

 spirally-arranged, thick scale-leaves, which completely 

 coat the surface, leaving no internodes between them. 

 The base of the bulb produces fibrous roots. The bulb 

 is that part of the plant which persists at all times, in 

 winter as 'well as in summer. During the winter the 



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