LILIUM 



THE BULB BOOK 



LILIUM 



forty on a stem, and appearing in 

 April and May. (Bot. Mag. t. 4725 ; 

 Bot. Reg. 1845.) Should be grown 

 in warm sheltered spots outside, or 

 in the greenhouse. 



lance-shaped, and nearly all in 

 distinct whorls on slender stems 6 to 



Fig. 242. — Lilium ruhellum. 



8 ft. high.' In good specimens from 

 twenty-five to thirty-five flowers are 

 borne in umbels or racemes, and are 

 deliciously fragrant. 



L. speciosum. — One of the most 



FiQ. 241. — Lilium Roezli. (3^.) 



L. Rosthernl. — A 'native of W. 

 China, 1 to 1^ ft. high, with linear 

 oblong leaves 3 to 4 ins. long, and 

 yellowish, heavily spotted flowers 

 about 2 ins. long, the segments being 

 reflexed and crisped. 



L. rubellum. — A distinct and 

 attractive Japanese Lily, 1 to 2 ft. 

 high. Flowers rosy-pink, tubular 

 bell-shaped, quite unspotted, and 

 sweet scented. (Bot. Mag. t. 7634.) 

 A good Lily for forcing. 



L. rubesceus. — This has hitherto 

 been regarded as a form of L; Wash- 

 ingtonianum, but Mr Carl Purdy 

 considers it to be quite distinct. It 

 has smaller, more compact, and more 

 ovate bulbs than L. Washing- 

 tonianum. The leaves are narrowly 



Fig. 243. — Lilium speciosum album. (J.) 



popular Japanese Liliums in cultiva- 

 tion (often known as L. lancifoliwm, 



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