LILY FAMILY 



short of its royal perfection. Ten to twelve inches from tip to 

 tip, its white petals thickly fretted with deep-red, and a gold band 

 running lengthwise through each, with chocolate-colored anthers 

 and a red-tipped pistil to lend an added charm to the lily bell. 



The plant is a true Oriental— difficult to grow— a little wilful- 

 doing well — doing ill — not as yet quite comprehended — possibly 

 beyond the reach of the amateur — unwilling, as yet, to make its 

 home in the West. 



TIGER LILY j.: -; - 



Lilium tigrinum. 



A thoroughly old-fashioned and very useful plant which lives and 

 thrives from year to year in the open border, where it should be planted 

 in masses. China and Japan. 



Bulb. — Perennial, globose. 



Stem. — Three to five feet high; greenish -purple or dark -brown. 



Leaves. — Sessile, deep-green, scattered, lanceolate, five to seven- 

 nerved, the lower ones enlarging more at the apex. 

 ; Bulbleis. — Appear in the axils of the upper leaves, adhering to the 

 stem at first, finally falling off to produce new plants. 



Flowers. — Large, three to ten or more in a wide, panicled raceme, 

 nodding; segments recurved, bright red -orange, thickly dotted with 

 large dark spots. 



' The Tiger Lily from eastern Asia was probably the first lily 

 brought to this country, as the lists of old-time garden flowers 

 always include it. The type has been improved, and a plant of 

 great natural dignity and beauty, now under the guise of iigrinum 

 splendens, represents the older form. The plants are easily 

 recognized by the little black bulblets in the axils of the leaves. 



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