ORIENTAL LILIES 9 



A compost of light loam and leaf-mould will suit 

 it, and it is advised to stimulate rather with small 

 doses of such a dressing as nitrate of soda than with 

 ordinary manure. 



LILIUM NEILGHERRENSE (Nilghiris), Eulirion 

 L. NEPALENSE (Nepaul), Eulirion 

 L. LOWI (Burma)^ Eulirion 

 L. PHILIPPINENSE (Philippines), Eulirion 

 L. SULPHUREUM, syn. WALLICHIANUM (Burma), 

 Eulirion 



These Oriental Lilies are not to be considered hardy 

 in England, though L. nepalense and L. sulphureum 

 have been successfully flowered out of doors in 

 Devonshire. But they are noble plants in the 

 greenhouse. In their great solidity of substance 

 and grand texture, purity of white and tender tint- 

 ing of yellow and pinkish colouring, they have been 

 found to be admirable plants for cool greenhouse 

 treatment. 



L. neilgherrense does well in a mixture of equal 

 parts of loam and peat with a good proportion of 

 silver sand. The massive funnel-shaped flower is 

 usually of a creamy white colour, sometimes faintly 

 tinted outside with purple. It has a sweet scent 

 quite peculiar to itself. Like other Lilies that have 

 a solid waxy texture, the bloom lasts long. It flowers 

 in autumn. 



