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LILIUM 



leaves and yellow flowers spotted with 

 purple-red on the inner surface, the seg- 

 ments or petals being blunt and shallowly 

 notched at the apex. 



Culture Sc. as above, p. 843. L. con- 

 color and its varieties flourish in rich 

 sandy loam and peat in partially shaded 

 positions. They are easily increased 

 by separating the young bulbs which are 

 freely produced around the old ones. 



L. cordifolium {HemerocaUis cordata). 

 A distinct Japanese species with very 

 large bulbs, and stems 3-4 ft. high, 

 with a few long-stalked broadly heart- 

 shaped ovate leaves, those first to appear 

 being tinged with deep red. The erect or 

 horizontal tubular flowers appear in July 

 and August, 4-10 in a raceme, and are 

 usually white in colour, with violet-brown 

 spots at the base of the 3 lower segments. 



Culture and Propagation. — This and 

 the Himalayan L. giganteum differ very 

 much in foliage from all other Lilies and 

 form a group by themselves. L. cordi- 

 foUum is, however, only about one-half 

 or one-third the height of L. giganteum, 

 and has much smaller flowers. It flour- 

 ishes in moist sandy loam, peat and leaf- 

 soil, and may be planted among Azaleas, 

 Rhododendrons &o., so as to obtain a cer- 

 tain amount of shade and shelter. It is 

 sometimes grovim in pots, but is better in 

 the open ground, and may be increased 

 by offsets. 



L. croceum {Orange or Saffron Lily). 

 A beautiful Lily from the European Alps 

 with round flattish bulbs tinged with rose 

 and producing from the base bulb-bearing 

 stolons — a fact which caused the French 

 botanist De CandoUe to give it the name of 

 hulbiferu/m, but it is quite distinct from the 

 plant which Linnaeus called by that name 

 (see p. 845). The stiff, furrowed, purple- 

 spotted and somewhat cobwebby stems 

 grow 3-6 ft. high, having scattered linear 

 leaves, and umbel-like racemes of erect 

 broadly funnel-shaped flowers 2-3 in. 

 across, and of a beautiful golden-orange 

 coloiu', sometimes slightly tinted with 

 scarlet, and spotted with purple at the 

 base. They are produced in June and 

 July, and remain a long time fresh. 



Culture and Propagation. — The 

 Orange Lily is very strong and sturdy and 

 flourishes in almost any garden soil either 

 in sunshine or shade, and is useful for 

 massing in shrubberies and borders. The 

 bulbs should not be disturbed for 3 or 4 



years, and the soil may receive liberal 

 dressings of well-rotted cow-manure every 

 year. It may be increased easily by off- 

 sets detached either in early autumn or 

 spring. The full-grown bulbs should be 

 planted 6-9 in. deep. 



L. Dalhansoni. — A beautiful hybrid 

 Lily between the dahnaUoum variety of 

 the European i. Martagon and the 

 Japanese Hansoni, from both of which it 

 also derives its name. It grows about 6 

 ft. high, bearing numerous flowers of a 

 dark brownish-purple in June and July. 

 Culture dc. as above, p. 843. It is still 

 very scarce in British gardens, but will 

 grow in ordinary good garden soil and 

 may be increased by offsets. Seeds if 

 obtainable should also be sovm where con- 

 venience and patience exist, as fine forms 

 would probably be obtained thereby. 



L. dauricum or davuricum {L.penn- 

 sylvanicum; L. spectabile). — A pretty 

 Siberian species 2-3 ft. high, having 

 slender stems and linear 3-nerved leaves. 

 The erect beautiful orange-scarlet flowers 

 flushed with red and spotted with black 

 are borne in umbel-Kke racemes in July, 

 each blossom having a more or less cob- 

 webby stalk. The true species is often 

 confused with L. umhellatum and its 

 forms, which have probably arisen from it 

 and L. croceum. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 843. li. davu- 

 ricum flourishes in ordinary good garden 

 soU and may be massed in shrubberies, 

 borders &c. in shaded or sunny places. 

 Increased by offsets. 



L. elegans (i. aurantiacum ; L. lan- 

 cifoUum (Thunb.) ; L. thunhergianmn). 

 A fine showy Japanese Lily with small 

 conical reddish or purple bulbs from 

 which spring stout stems about 1 ft. 

 high, furnished with lance-shaped leaves 

 about 1 in. wide and bearing in June 

 and July 1-3 erect cup-shaped scarlet- 

 orange flowers 4-6 in. across when fully 

 open, and slightly spotted with purple 

 near the base. 



There are many fine varieties of L. 

 elegans now grown in gardens, and they 

 are all beautiful. Among the best are 

 alutaceum, a fine dwarf form about 6 in. 

 high, with large bright apricot flowers 

 spotted with black, and larger still m the 

 form called grandiflorum ; armeniacum,, 

 about 1 ft. high, with glowmg orange-red 

 flowers ; atroaanguineum, with 5-6 large 

 deep red and black-spotted blossoms on a 



