The 
Isolirion 
Group of the 
Lily and its 
varieties 
in the wild garden or the shrubbery, where its flowers are toned 
down by the greenery whence it emerges. ‘There are some 
forms of this which are superior to others, but all are glowing 
orange in their colour, and can be cultivated with the minimum 
of trouble in sun or partial shade. 
Probably next to it in ease of culture are L. umbellatum 
and its numerous varieties. From two to four feet high, these 
Lilies have large umbels of showy flowers, ranging from yellow 
to orange and scarlet, and are brilliant plants, and hardly less 
enduring than the Orange Lily, either in the border, the wild 
garden, or the shrubbery. Among the best are: the scarlet 
and yellow erectum; the rich, dark crimson imcomparable; the 
bright scarlet sappho, shading off to orange; the golden yellow 
Cloth of Gold, and the showy grandiflorum, with light orange- 
red flowers in fine heads. Other excellent forms are Tosten- 
hamt, yellow, spotted red; the tall-growing macu/atum, orange, 
spotted red; and mu/t#florum, scarlet and orange. L. umbellatum 
is sometimes called L. davuricum, but the true L. davuricum 
(dauricum of Kew) is a distinct species of the same group with 
yellow flowers, flushed with red, spotted with black, and yielding 
from three to six flowers together. 
Next in point of value, although considered slightly more 
tender, a suggestion the writer has not found in accordance 
with experience, comes L. elegans or thunbergianum, of which 
there are several very beautiful varieties, and which is a more 
slender and more graceful Lily, suitable either for the border or . 
for planting among grass or other low carpeters. 
Probably the greatest favourite in this class is A/ice Wilson, 
golden yellow, but it is more expensive than the deeply-coloured 
Atrosanguineum, which is rich red, more deeply spotted; the 
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