30 LILIES FOR ENGLISH GARDENS 



Lilium Roezli is about the same height ; in this the 

 leaves are not in whorls. It has bright orange flowers 

 from one to nine or ten in a corymb. 



L. superbum. This is the largest Lily of the group, 

 rising to a height of as much as ten feet in suitable con- 

 ditions of moist peat and woodland shelter. A strong 

 stem will carry a large number, thirty or more, of its 

 handsome flowers, whose colour may be described as 

 a rosy or crimson-orange or orange-crimson. 



L. pardalinum. A fine Lily, rising to a height of 

 seven feet, with deep orange flowers with purple 

 spots in the throat. The stems carry from twenty 

 to thirty flowers at the top, on rather long stalks. 

 There are several varieties, differing in stature and 

 colour of bloom. 



Those who had the privilege, some years ago, of 

 seeing these swamp Lilies at Mr. Wilson's wood 

 garden at Wisley, when they were being tested for 

 use in English gardens, will remember the astonish- 

 ment that was produced by their size and vigour and 

 beautiful effect in damp woodland. 



LILIUM HUMBOLDTII (California), Martagon 

 A fine Lily, four to five feet high, bearing a large 

 number of flowers in a wide-spread panicle. The 

 individual blooms are well turned back and are of 

 a deep yellow colour richly spotted with purple. 

 There are some good garden varieties. It need not 

 be planted so deeply as some Lilies, for, like the 

 Martagons in general, it makes no stem roots ; but 

 the soil must be deep, for the roots go straight down. 



