176 ffiDe CKartJen's .Storj). 



Recently a yellow form of pardelinum has been 

 discovered, together with another species, which 

 the discoverer, Mr. F. A. Miller, of San Francis- 

 co, informs me he has designated as L. pardeli- 

 num Alptnum. This, he states, "grows on dry 

 ground, and in general characteristics is not un- 

 like L. parvum, which, however, only grows on 

 very wet ground, or along water-courses. The 

 flower is small, but vivid and rich in color ; near- 

 ly half of the flower, which appears horizontally, 

 is scarlet. I found it at an elevation of eleven 

 thousand feet, higher than the altitude where 

 any lilies grow usually." 



Where it can be well grown, L. speciosum, 

 with its numerous varieties, is unquestionably 

 one of the finest of the genus. The Massachu- 

 setts climate, which produced the beautiful va- 

 riety Melpomene, suits it ; but it is usually seen 

 at its best under glass. L. Brownii, another 

 Japanese species, is far more rare, but scarcely 

 as handsome as the common L. longiflorum and 

 its varieties. Contrary to general opinion, I have 

 found the former extremely slow to recover after 

 lifting. L. Harrisii, the Bermuda lily, is best 

 suited to the greenhouse, on account of its tend- 

 ency to start so early, and is not to be compared 

 with the Japanese long-trumpeter for out-of-door 

 culture. An easily-grown lily is the European 



