LILIUM 



LILY OBDEB 



LILIUM 845 



flourishes and flowers freely planted in 

 ordinary soil wHch may be top dressed 

 witli a little manure or scrapings from the 

 road. 



L. auratum may be increased by off- 

 sets as described above and also by seeds 

 and bulbils which form in the axils of the 

 lower leaves. The seeds, "which should 

 be sown in a cold frame or shallow pans 

 as soon as ripe, germinate pretty freely, 

 and should be allowed to grow on where 

 sown for the first season, after which they 

 may be treated like bulbils from the leaves 

 and offsets from the bulbs. It will take 

 several years to obtain flowering bulbs 

 from seed. 



L. Batemannis. — A glowing Japanese 

 Lily, probably a hybrid between L. LeioJit- 

 Uni and L. testaceum. It grows 3-5 ft. 

 high, having light green stems and nar- 

 row lance-shaped leaves. The unspotted 

 flowers appear in the summer months, 

 and are 4-5 inches across, of a glowing 

 reddish-apricot tint, and resembling some 

 forms of L. elegans, of which it is some- 

 times classed as a variety. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 843. It 

 flourishes in any good garden soU, and 

 may be mulched with manure after 

 growth has begun. 



L. Bolanderi. — This is a recently iatro- 

 duced species from Oregon. It grows 

 about .1^ ft. high, and produces deep crim- 

 son-red flowers with dark spots. 



Culture dc, as above. It may 

 be grown in sandy loam and peat, and 

 although not much is yet knovra about it, 

 will doubtless be hardy. 



L. Browni. — A fine species closely 

 related to L. japonicum, having stiff erect 

 purple-spotted stems 2-4 ft. high, fur- 

 nished with broadly lance-shaped leaves. 

 From 1 to 3 beautiful drooping or horizontal 

 bell-shaped flowers appear from June to 

 August, and are 6-9 in. long, pure white 

 inside, except for a line of purple down 

 the centre of the 3 inner segments, and 

 suffused with purple outside. The ruby- 

 red anthers are a striking feature. A few 

 years ago two forms named cliloraster 

 and platyphyllum were introduced from 

 China. Leuoanthvmi has no purple mark- 

 ings outside, but the less tubular white 

 flowers are stained with yellow inside, and 

 the leaves are also broader. Viridulum 

 differs from the type in having broader 

 and shorter leaves and creamy white 

 flowers tinged with yellowish - green 



outside and having only a faint streak of 

 purple-brown. 



Culture and Propagation. — Although 

 perfectly hardy this beautiful Lily is 

 apt to die out when planted in the open 

 border. The most suitable soil appears 

 to be a mixture of sandy loam and peat, 

 in which the bulbs should be planted 4-6 

 in. deep, in similar situations to L. 

 auratum. It may be increased by off- 

 sets and bulbils which sometimes develop 

 in the axils of the lower leaves. When 

 the scales are used, the bulbs should be 

 allowed to wither a little before they are 

 wholly detached, as this induces them to 

 root more freely, especially if the wound 

 is allowed to heal before they are put in 

 the soil. 



L. bulbiferum. — A beautiful Lily from 

 Central Europe having small ovoid bulbs, 

 from which spring stiff erect downy fur- 

 rowed stems 2-4 ft. high furnished with 

 narrow lance-shaped leaves, in the axils 

 of which shiny black bulbils are freely 

 produced, a circumstance which suggested 

 the specific name to Linnaeus. The large 

 erect crimson flowers shading off to orange- 

 red spotted with brown appear in May 

 and June, and are 2-3 in. deep, forming 

 an umbel-like raceme at the top of the 

 stem. Anthers deep red. 



Culture and Propagation. — This is a 

 fine species for the ordinary flower border. 

 It flourishes in light soil in partial shade, 

 but likes plenty of water when growing 

 actively, and should always be in bold 

 groups. It may be increased by offsets 

 and also by bulbils. The latter do not 

 all ripen simultaneously and those first 

 gathered should be stored in sand or 

 coco-nut fibre until all that are required 

 for sowing are gathered. For general 

 cultivation see above, p. 843. 



L. callosum. — A rare Japanese Turk's 

 Cap Lily, 2-3 ft. high, with very narrow 

 sharp-pointed leaves, 4-5 in. long. The 

 numerous drooping orange-scarlet flowers, 

 about 1^ in. deep, appear in June and July 

 m clustered racemes. 



Culture £c. as above, p. 843. This 

 species may be grown in rich sandy loam, 

 peat and leaf soil in warm sheltered places. 

 Increased by offsets. 



L. canadense (L. penduUflorum). — A 

 pretty Canadian Lily of the Turk's Cap 

 section, having smallish rhizome-bearing 

 bulbs and round erect stems 2-4 ft. high 

 furnished with whorls of oval lance- 



