LILIUM 



THE BULB BOOK 



LILIUM 



L. parvum. — A ]f)retty Lily from 

 the subalpine regions of the Sierra 

 Nevadas of California (altitude 5000 

 ft.), where it grows "in a soil of 

 granitic sand and leaf-mould, on the 

 margins of lakes and on the banks of 

 cold streams." It varies from 1 to 6 

 ft. high, has ovate lance - shaped 

 leaves, some in whorls, and broadly 

 funnel-shaped flowers with recurving 

 tips, rich orange in the centre, the red 

 tops being finely dotted. 



Ii. philadelphiciun. — A North 

 American species, 1 to 3 ft. high, with 

 cup-shaped flowers having the base 

 of the petals yellow spotted with 

 maroon and the tips bright scarlet 

 {Bot. Mag. t. 519 ; Red. Lil. t. 104 ; 

 Bot. Reg. t. 594; Elwes, Lil. t. 17). 

 The variety andirmm has narrower 

 and fewer leaves. 



L. phllippinense. — A native of the 

 Philippine Islands, li to 2 ft. high, 

 with large pure white, sweet-scented, 

 tubular flowers {Bot. Mag. t. 6250; 

 Elwes, Lil. t. 3). This species should 

 be grown in a greenhouse. 



L. polyphyllum. — A delicate but 

 charming Himalayan species, 2 to 3 

 ft. high, with waxy-white drooping 

 flowers 5 to 6 ins. long, heavily spotted 

 and lined with purple {III. Hort. 

 1885, t. 565; Elwes, Lil. t. 48). 

 Should be grown in a greenhouse. 

 The bulbs are long and narrow. 



Ii. pomponium. — A fine "Turk's 

 Cap " Lily from Siberia. Stems 2 to 

 3 ft. high, bearing drooping bright 

 red flowers tinted with orange, earlier 

 in the season than L. chalcedonicum 

 and L. pyrenaicum. There is much 

 variation in the colour and odour of 

 the blossoms. {Bot. Mag. t. 971 ; 

 Elwes, Lil. t. 46.) 



L. prlmulinuiu {L. claptoniense). — 

 A species from Upper Burmah closely 

 related to L. neilgherense. It has 

 large roundish bulbs, and smooth 

 erect stems 3 to 4 ft. high, clothed 



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with glossy green, narrow, stalkless 

 leaves 4 to 5 ins. long. The funnel- 

 shaped flowers, 5 to 6 ins. long, are 

 pale yellow and unspotted, the seg- 

 ments beginning to reflex nearly half 

 way. {Bot. Mag. t 7227.) 



L. purpureum. — This has hitherto 

 been regarded as a form of L. Wash- 

 ingtoniarvum. Mr Carl Purdy, how- 

 ever, is of opinion that it deserves 

 specific rank. It is widely distributed 

 in California and Oregon, and grows 

 not only at high altitudes but also as 

 low as 600 ft. above sea-level, and at 

 various places in the open valleys and 

 half-wooded uplands. It has large 

 bulbs, and the stems are furnished 

 with broadly obovate leaves 3 to 4 

 ins. long, mostly in whorls of ten to 

 fourteen. The flowers are in terminal 

 umbels or racemes, and resemble 

 those of the Madonna Lily {L. candi- 

 dum) in outline, being broadly funnel- 

 shaped, white dotted with purple. 



L. pyrenalcum. — A Pyrenean 

 species closely related to L. pom- 

 ponium, and often confused with it. 

 It grows from 2 to 4 ft. high, and has 

 drooping bright yellow flowers, the 

 interior of the fez-like base of the 

 perianth-tube being spotted with red 

 or deep purple. {Elwes, Lil. t. 47.) 



L. BoezU. — The true species is a 

 native of S. Oregon, California, etc., 

 and has rhizomatous root-stocks. It 

 grows 2 to 3 ft. high, has lance- 

 shaped linear leaves partly scattered 

 and in whorls, and drooping deep 

 orange-red flowers 2 to 3 ins. across, 

 more or less densely blotched with 

 black towards the base. {Garten/I. 

 t. 667.) Fig. 241. 



L. roseutn {L. Thomsonianum ; 

 Fritillaria ■ macraphylla). — A rare 

 Himalayan species, H to 2 ft. high, 

 with tufts of narrow lance-shaped 

 leaves, the lower ones being 12 to 18 

 ins. long. Flowers bell-shaped, rosy- 

 lilac or flesh colour, often as many as 



