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LILIES 603 
which it is probably a sub-species. It is, however, taller, and the 
flowers are bright yellow, instead of red; about twelve in a raceme. 
L. ROSEUM (rose-coloured). Stem rounded, smooth, 18 inches high. 
Leaves grass-like, alternate, except at base, where they are crowded, 
and more than a foot long. Flowers large, lilac, drooping, in a raceme; 
April. A rather tender species, singular in having a dense bulb invested 
in a dry membranous coat like that of the Tulip. 
L. spEciosuM (showy). Stem rounded, rigid, 1 to 3 feet high. 
Leaves lance-shaped, lower ones more oval. Flowers variable in size 
and colour, but typically white, spotted and tinged with carmine or rose, 
and from 3 to 5 inches long; from three to ten in a raceme; July and 
August. Commonly known in gardens as L. lancifolium. Plate 282. 
L. TENUIFOLIUM (slender-leaved). Stem slender, 6 to 12 inches 
high. Leaves small, needle-like, numerous. Flowers solitary, rarely 
twin, somewhat drooping, bright scarlet, 1} inch long; June and July. 
Introduced from Siberia, 1820. 
L. TIGRINUM (Tiger). Tiger Lily. Stem stout, purplish black, 
covered with white down, 2 to 4 feet high. Leaves slender, dark, glossy, 
irregularly scattered, usually with round black bulbils in the axils. 
Flowers 3 to 4 inches long, deep orange-red, with numerous purple-black 
spots; racemes eight- to twenty-flowered; July and August. As in the 
case of some of the foregoing species, there are several varieties: among 
them flore pleno, with double flowers; Fortunei, of greater stature, with 
larger pyramidal racemes; splendens, with fewer and larger spots on 
the flowers. 
L. WASHINGTONIANUM (Washington’s). Stem rounded, stiff, 3 to 5 
feet high. Leaves lance-shaped, 4 or 5 inches long, whorled, about 
twelve in each whorl. Flowers fragrant, 24 to 3 inches long, white, 
tinged with purple or lilac, in large racemes; July and August. 
An open, well-drained soil is the most suitable for 
growing Lilies, as, given good drainage, additions of peat, 
loam, ete., will make it fit for any species. The bulbs should be planted 
at a depth of about 6 inches, a hole of greater depth having been dug 
previously and partly filled with specially suitable soil. ZL. candidum, 
L. Martagon, and L. washingtonianum should have a good admixture 
of heavy loam with the ordinary soil; whilst LZ. awratum, L. Catesbei, 
L. Leichtlinii, L. pardalinum, L. philadelphicum, and L. tenucfoliwm 
require for their successful culture a proportion of peat. Nearly all 
Lilies appreciate peat, even those to which it is not a necessity. Leaf- 
mould and well-rotted cow-manure, or the remains of an old hot-bed, 
worked up with good loam, will be found helpful. Where there are beds 
Cultivation. 
