10 LILIES 



past to say that L. candidum has been gro"wii in 

 English gardens since 1596 and this must have 

 been the first kind to cross the Atlantic. Soon 

 after, L. Martagon, L. croceum and L. chalce- 

 donicum probably found their way northward. 

 Eight kinds of lilies are mentioned in 

 Gerard's Herbal (1597), but of these it is 

 difficult to identify any excepting L. candicum 

 and L. bulbiferum. In 1629, "Paradisi in 

 Sole Paradisus Terrestris" speaks of L. pom- 

 ponium, L. chalcedonicum, L. carniolicum, L. 

 Martagon and L. pyrenaicum, as well as L. 

 canadense, which therefore appears to be the 

 pioneer American lily in Europe. While the 

 eighteenth century saw a few more lilies in gar- 

 dens, it was not until the last century found 

 Japan and China open to western commerce and 

 California a new field of venture because of the 

 gold craze, that the real rush of lilies into cul- 

 tivation began. The discovery of lilies, in 

 short, is largely coincident with the entrance of 

 the Pacific into the world's trade. 



