LILIUM 



THE BULB BOOK 



LILIUM 



1 to 1^ ft. high, with narrow grass- 

 like leaves about 2 ins. long, and 

 brilliant scarlet drooping flowers 

 {Elwes, Lil. t. 42). A good Lily for 

 early forcing. 



L. testaceum {L. excehum). — A fine 

 Lily, supposed to be a hybrid between 

 L. chalcedonicum, and L. candidum. It 



Fig. 245. — Lilium testaceum. (J.) 



has stems 5 to 6 ft. high, and beauti- 

 ful nankeen-yellow or apricot-coloured 

 flowers, the reflexed segments of which 

 are dotted with orange-red. (Bot. 

 Reg. 1 843, 1. 11 ; Elwes, Lil. t. 44.) A 

 good Lily for forcing in early spring. 



L. tigrinum. — This is the well- 

 known " Tiger Lily," a native of China 

 and Japan. It grows 2 to 4 ft. high, 

 and has deep 6range - red flowers 

 heavily blotched with blackish- 

 purple. (Bot. Mag. t. 1237 ; Elwes, 

 Lil. t. 38.) 



The variety splendens often grows 7 

 ft. high, and bears numerous more 

 highly coloured and heavier blotched 

 flowers ; Fortunei is somewhat simi- 

 lar ; vf\a[&Jk)repleno has from four to 

 six circles of petals coloured and 

 spotted. 



Fio. iie.—Lilmm tigrvnum. (J.) 



Pig. 247.- 



-Lilium umhellatum, bulb an(3 

 ofisets. 



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