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PH ACTIO AL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS 



LILIUM 



offsets are better detached from the bulbs 

 in early spring than in autumn, and under 

 favourable conditions will produce flowers 

 the second or third year. When seeds 

 are required it is safer to fertilise the 

 flowers by hand than trust to insect 

 agency. A bright sunny dry day should 

 be chosen for the operation, and to make 

 sure the pollen should be applied several 

 times. The seeds should be sown in rich 

 sandy soil in cold frames or under glass 

 as soon as well ripened, and in four to six 

 years wiU produce flowering bulbs, 

 according to circumstances. 



L. Grayi. — A graceful Lily, native of 

 the Eoan Mountains in N. Carolina, and 

 closely related to i. canadense, of which 

 it is probably only a geographical form. 

 It grows 2-4 ft. high, and produces 

 branched trusses of deep rich crimson 

 drooping flowers, heavily blotched with 

 purple at the yellowish base of the 

 reflexed segments. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 843. This 

 species will flourish with the same treat- 

 ment as L. canadense. 



L. Hansoni. — A beautiful Japanese 

 Lily with large white bulbs and stems 3-4 

 ft. high, furnished with whorls of 8-10 

 broadly lance-shaped, deep green leaves, 

 and bearing at the summit 8-15 drooping 

 flowers in » loose raceme or crowded 

 umbel in June, often before those of the 

 Madonna Lily. The flowers are of a bright 

 orange-yellow, the lower portion of the 

 reflexed segments being heavily spotted 

 with blackish-purple or brown. One of 

 the distinguishing features of this Lily 

 consists in the shape of the buds, which 

 are oval in shape and inflated at the apex, 

 and are therefore little less long than 

 broad. 



Culture a/nd Propagation. — This is a 

 fine Lily for borders and shrubberies in 

 rich well-drained sandy loam and peat, 

 in situations where it will receive shade 

 from the hot mid-day sun. Unfortunately 

 it can only be increased slowly and with 

 difficulty, as it does not produce offsets 

 freely in cultivation, nor does it ripen 

 seeds. It will therefore be a considerable 

 time before this LOy is grown so 

 extensively as it ought to be. In a cut 

 state the flowers last remarkably well. 



L. Henryi. — A distinct and remarkable 

 Japanese Lily 3-6 ft. high, with deep green 

 ovate lance-shaped recurved leaves, and 

 sprays of nodding deep rich orange-red 



flowers, 3-4 in. across, in July and 

 August and September. The wavy seg- 

 ments are graoefaUy curved backwards to 

 the stalk, and spotted at the sides towards 

 the base with deep purple-brown, while 

 large and jagged papillBe or excrescences 

 are very conspicuous on the surface. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 843. This 

 is a free-growing Lily and flourishes in 

 ordinary good garden soil, with a little 

 top - dressing of manure after growth 

 has begun. Increased by offsets. Still 

 rather scarce. 



L. Humboldti (L. bloomerianum). — A 

 very graceful and beautiful Cahfornian 

 Lily with large ovoid violet-tinted bulbs, 

 which have the peculiarity of renewing 

 themselves at the top while they disappear 

 at the base, like the corms of Gladiolus 

 and Crocus. The stout reddish or purple- 

 spotted stems attain a height of 4-8 ft., 

 bearing oval-lance-shaped leaves in regular 

 whorls of 10-20 each. During the summer 

 from 10 to 30 rich orange-yellow drooping 

 flowers, heavily spotted with purple on 

 the lower half of the reflexed segments, 

 are borne in loose racemes, the stalk of 

 each blossom standing out almost at 

 right angles to the main stem. The 

 variety ocellatum has yellow flowers, 

 tipped with crimson or purple, and heavily 

 blotched vnth purple at the base. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 843. This 

 flourishes in rich sandy loam, peat and 

 leaf soil, and may be increased by offsets. 

 The bulbs should be planted fairly deep, 

 about 6-8 inches, as they seem to be 

 affected by sharp and sudden changes of 

 temperature. 



L. japonicum (L. odot-um). — A charm- 

 ing and unfortunately somewhat delicate 

 Japanese Lily with small ovoid bulbs, 

 producing glaucous-green stems 1-3 ft. 

 high, often tinged with violet, and fur- 

 nished with narrow lance-shaped leaves 

 4-6 in. long. About July and August 

 from 2 to 5 broad funnel-shaped horizontal 

 blooms appear on the stem. They are 

 deliciously fragrant, of a pure ivory-white, 

 sometimes tinged with purple outside, 

 and when fully expanded are 6-9 in. or 

 more across the mouth, while the pale 

 brown anthers are very conspicuous. 



Culture dc. as aljove, p. 843. The 

 delicate constitution of this beautiful Lily 

 renders it necessary to treat it with every 

 consideration in the flower border. As a 

 rule it will grow well tmder the same 



