CHAPTER III 



SUB-GENUS II 



LILIUM LONGIFLORUM (Japan), Etdirion 

 Bermuda Lily 



This most beautiful Japanese Lily appears in our 

 gardens under the various names of Harrisi, exiniium, 

 Wilsoni, and grandiflorum. These are all good garden 

 varieties of the same plant. The white trumpet 

 flowers, borne one or two on a stem in the type 

 plant, but more numerously in the stronger kinds, 

 have yellow anthers that help to give the flower an 

 appearance of great purity, while its fine build gives 

 an impression of consummate beauty of Lily form. 



An immense quantity are grown in Japan for ex- 

 portation, so that the moderate price at which it 

 may be bought is an encouragement to free plant- 

 ing. 



The fine variety Wilsoni is a plant of great vigour, 

 often bearing six or eight flowers on a stem ; grandi- 

 florum is also a very fine Lily. 



The name Bermuda Lily is somewhat misleading, 

 for the plant is Japanese. But as it was found to 

 increase readily and mature more quickly in the 

 Bermuda Islands, it was largely grown there under 

 the name Harrisi. It is a Lily that accommodates 



