LILY FAMILY 



ored in a range of orange, yellow, and red, without spots; but in its 

 hybrids and variants it appears more or less spotted. The one 

 essential is the poise of the flower cup; the petals do not recurve, 

 as the blossom opens they spread. The short, sturdy stem often 

 bears five flowers all clustered at the summit. 



JAPANESE LILY. SHOWY LILY 



Lilium specibsum. 



One of the most beautiful of the lilies of Japan, now appearing in 

 many varieties. 



Bulb. — Perennial, globose. 



Stem. — One to three feet high, stiff. 



Leaves. — Scattered, lance-ovate or oblong; five to seven-nerved; 

 slightly petioled. 



Flowers, — Fragrant; borne in panicled racemes; segments reflexed 

 and somewhat twisted; white, suffused with pink, and spotted with red 

 dots and warty projections inside. 



Stamens. — Spreading; with large chocolate anthers. 



Lilium speciosum with its varieties, rilbrum and dlbum, is a very 

 satisfactory lily for the hardy garden. It is thrifty, its foliage 

 graceful, the habit of the plant self-reliant, and the flowers charm- 

 ing in shape and beautiful in color. The florists' custom of mutilat- 

 ing lilies, depriving them of their stamens and sometimes of both 

 stamens and pistils, so disfigures them that it is quite impossible to 

 obtain a correct idea of their grace and beauty from specimens 

 bought in the shops. To know a lily well one must grow it. The 

 variety rubrum is considered more vigorous than the type, as well 

 as more beautiful. 



