VOLUME XXVII NUMBER 4 
APRIL 1899 
A CONSPECTUS OF THE GENUS LILIUM. 
F, A. WAUGH. 
(WITH FIGURES I-I4) 
Tur lilies have been subjects of great interest to horticultur- 
Ss and botanists ever since plants have been cultivated and 
tamed. The various species come from nearly all parts of the 
! see hemisphere, and nearly all are markedly variable. It 
selected . that species so much collected, cultivated, 
of Sealant ee nies phone present. great ee 
The Sab and a most engaging confusion of synonymy. 
Ning of the bj ae been monographed but once since ere 
American al nomenclature. . This was by Baker.’ The 
Ge aie were once monographed by Watson.’ The 
and the hahha was published a quarter of a century ago, 
ber of speci ‘r twenty years ago. Since that time the pum- 
fornia oe % am been almost doubled by ieee in sl 
Species, aia in Japan, and especially in China. Bei 
and quite aed little known, have become widely distribute 
Marize our 8 o ai cultivation. The time seems ripe to Shae 
the Writer is ae of this great and interesting genus. V ie 
‘Linn, . intully conscious of many defects in the subjoine 
a 
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