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and L. Thunbergianum and tliat the blood of 

 both, is mixed with each other and with L. 

 croceum, and the confusion is worse confounded. 

 The best way is to pick out some good varieties 

 and let the authenticity of the species go to pot. 

 In the elegans class the variety Batemanniae, 

 sometimes called L. Batemanniae, is an exqui- 

 sitely beautiful late-flowering apricot variety 

 that grows as high as four feet. Of the dwarfs, 

 Prince of Orange is a fine early apricot variety, 

 Orange Queen all that its name implies and 

 Alice Wilson a good pale yellow. The type is 

 orange and less planted than the varieties and 

 hybrids, which are the most numerous of any 

 lily. Orange is also the type color of L. dauri- 

 cum, but it is flushed with red and spotted with 

 black. Of the varieties and hybrids, Diadem, 

 bright crimson with a yellow band down each 

 petal; Sensation, deep orange flushed with 

 brownish red ; incomparabile, deep crimson, and 

 Sappho, light orange tipped with red, are all 

 admirable. June and July are the blooming 

 months. The bulb-bearing lily (L. hulbiferum) 

 is similar to L. dauricum, but the type has 

 brighter orange red blossoms and there are bul- 

 bils in the leaf axils. It is a very old, hardy 

 garden plant, with a blooming season extending 



