LILIUM 



THE BULB BOOK 



LILIUM 



8000 to 12,500 ft.), having narrow elon- brown; and Warei, with sweet- 



gated bulbs, slender stems 1 to 1| ft. 

 high, linear lance-shaped leaves, and 

 one to three flowers about 2 ins. across 

 in June, soft mauve-purple in colour, 

 spotted at the base of the segments 

 with deep purple. (Bot. Mag. t. 4731 ; 

 Elwes, Lil. t. 5.) 



L. papilliferum {L. Biondi). — An- 

 other Yunnan Lilium (altitude 5000 

 to 6000 ft.), related to L. Maodmowiczi. 

 It has small roundish bulbs, and 

 slender stems about 1 ft. high, bear- 

 ing linear leaves. The drooping bell- 

 shaped flowers, with reflexed segments, 

 are bright red. 



L. pardallnum. — This is the Cali- 

 f ornian " Leopard Lily." It has hori- 

 zontal creeping root-stocks, on which 

 the bulbs are developed. The stems 

 are 3 to 8 ft. high, and the drooping 

 flowers are bright orange-red heavily 



Fig. ao.—LUiumpwrdctlinwi, bulb and 

 rhizome. (^.) 



spotted with dark purple at the 

 base. There are many varieties, such 

 as Bourgaei, with crimson - orange 

 heavily-blotched flowers ; calif omi- 

 cum, deep orange-yellow spotted with 

 maroon and tipped with bright 

 scarlet ; lutewn, soft yellow suffused 

 with orange and brown ; Johnsoni, a 

 highly coloured variety; Michauxi, 

 like the type, but later; minor, an 

 early -flowering form with rather small 

 orange black-spotted flowers ; pallidi- 

 jlorwm, pale in colour, but large ; 

 Eohinsoni, a strong grower, with bright 

 vermilion flowers fading to yellow, 

 and densely spotted with purple- 



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scented, clear yellow, unspotted 

 flowers. 



A fine Lily for massing and group- 

 ing in moist beds amongst shrubs, 

 etc. Mr Carl Purdy says : — " There 

 seems to be a misconception gener- 

 ally as to the habitat of L. parda- 

 linum, the idea being that it is a hog 

 Lily. This is by no means the case. 

 Moisture it loves, and it sometimes 

 grows in very wet places, but in bogs 

 never, and the finest developed plants 

 are not in wet places. 



"Go with me in the Coast Kange 

 Mountains to where high in their 

 bosom some living stream has formed 

 a little vale deep with sandy loam 

 and wash from the surrounding 

 slopes, and there overtopping the tall 

 grasses and weeds, which are stimu- 

 lated to a luxurious growth, I will 

 show you this beautiful Lily higher 

 than a man, and glorious in its orange 

 and red bloom, its bulb in a sharp 

 well-drained soil, its roots ruening 

 down to abundant moisture. In such 

 spots it grew by acres before civilisa- 

 tion with its plough and hog came. 

 [ have often seen masses containing 

 200 to 300 bulbs solidly matted to- 

 gether. If it is on the bank of the 

 stream in deep sandy loam, where the 

 roots can run down to the water, it is 

 still happier. It glories in air and 

 sunshine, and where the stream banks 

 are shaded never equals its stature in 

 more exposed places. In cultivation, 

 land that will grow good potatoes 

 will suit it." 



A noble Lily from the mountains of 

 S. California and Arizona (altitude 

 6000 to 10,000 ft.). 



L. Parryi.— Stems 2 to 6 ft. high, 

 bearing sweet-scented citron-yellow 

 flowers, usually spotted with pale 

 chocolate or purple-brown {III. Hort. 

 1886, 595 ; Elwes, Lil. t. 12). It likes 

 sharp, cool, moist, peaty soil. 



