LILIUM 



LILY OBDEB 



PEITILLABIA 857' 



L. tigrinum {Tiger Lily). — A well- 

 known Japanese and Chinese Lily with 

 rather large ovoid whitish bulbs, and 

 strong purple-black downy or woolly 

 stems 2-4 ft. high, famished with dark 

 glossy green linear leaves, in the axils of 

 which bulbils are often produced. The 

 nodding or drooping flowers appear from 

 the end of July to October in loose deltoid 

 racemes, and are of a bright deep orange- 

 red, heavily spotted or ' tigered ' with 

 blackish-purple. They are 3-4 in. across, 

 and 8-20 are borne in a truss, making a 

 fine display. 



There are a few varieties, that appro- 

 priately called splendens being probably 

 the best. It often reaches a height of 7 ft., 

 and bears as many as 25 flowers, which 

 are not only larger but also more brightly 

 coloured and more heavily blotched 

 with dark purple than the type. Fortunei 

 is about the same height when well grown, 

 and flowers rather earlier thail the others. 

 The variety flore plena is readily dis- 

 tinguished by having 4-6 circles of petals 

 instead of one, coloured and spotted like 

 the ordinary Tiger Lily. 



Culture and Propagation. — All the 

 Tiger Lilies are easily grown in well- 

 drained sandy loam with a little leaf 

 mould, or a top dressing of well-rotted 

 manure added. An open but sheltered 

 and partially shaded situation suits them 

 best. The plants are readily increased by 

 offsets from the bulbs and by the bulbils 

 from the axils of the leaves. The bulbils 

 if not collected will drop on the soil and 

 root. By sowing in cold frames, flowering 

 bulbs vrill be produced in about 3 years. 

 The full-grown bulbs should be planted 

 6-9 in. deep. 



L. umbellatum. — Under this name are 

 grouped a number of Lilies of garden 

 origin, probably hybrids between forms of 

 croceum, elegans, and davuricum. The 

 prevailing colours are orange, orange-red, 

 apricot &c., some varieties being wholly 

 of one colour, while others are more or 

 less heavily blotched and spotted with 

 blackish - purple. Other forms in this 

 variable group are punctatum, erectum, 

 granddflorum, aurantiaoum, hiligulatuin, 

 muUiflorum, fulgidum, but some of them 

 are interchangeable with forms of elegans 

 and croceum, which see. 



Culture dc. as above. 



L. wallichianum. — A fine Himalayan 

 Lily with thick stems 4-6 ft. high, clothed 



with narrow linear leaves 6-9 in. long, 

 and ending with 1-3 white funnel-shaped 

 flowers, greenish towards the base and 

 very sweetly scented. The form known 

 as superbum (or sulphu/reum) has large 

 tubular white flowers, tinged with yellow 

 within, and suffused with rose outside. 



Culture and Propagation. — This 

 species is considered too tender as a rule 

 for outdoor cultivation, but it may be 

 successfully flowered in the open air 

 in the southern counties during the 

 summer. It should be grown in a deep 

 well-drained sandy loam and leaf-soil, 

 and may be protected in winter with 

 leaves, litter &c. New plants may be 

 obtained by detaching the offsets from 

 the bulbs in autumn, and also by means 

 of the bulbils which are often borne in 

 the leaf axUs, as in the case of L. bulbi- 

 ferum, L. tigrinum, and a few others 

 already mentioned in the preceding pages. 



L. washingtonianum. — A beautifnl 

 Californian Lily 3-6 ft. high, with whorls 

 of oblanceolate leaves 4-5 in. long, and 

 terminal racemes of more or less 

 drooping funnel-shaped flowers, 3-4 in. 

 long, pure white, tinged with ptu-ple or 

 lilac, and sweetly scented. The variety 

 purpureum has white flowers spotted 

 with red, turning purple with age. 

 Bubescens is a vigorous form bearing 

 12-15 flowers in a truss when well grown, 

 at first white, but soon becoming suffused 

 with rosy -pink. These Lilies are best in 

 rich loam, peat, and leaf soil in partially 

 shaded and warm situations. Some 

 years ago a variety named ' Scott Wilson' 

 was raised by Mr. G. P. Wilson of 

 Weybridge from seeds sown in 1873. It 

 flowered in June 1881 and bore orange- 

 yellow blooms spotted vidth brown. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 843. The 

 Washington Lily will thrive in good 

 garden soil, but it is apt to die out after 

 a few years, unless it is continuously 

 renewed by means of growing on the 

 offsets or seeds wheneyer obtainable. 

 Good drainage^f the soil is an essential 

 point in its cultivation. 



FRITILLARIA (Peitillaey). — A 

 large genus of bulbous plants with simple 

 leafy stems and nodding or drooping 

 Lily-like flowers. Perianth bell-shaped, 

 consisting of 6 nearly eqti&l oblong or 

 ovate segments, each with a nectar- 

 bearing hoUow at the base inside. 

 Stamens 6, hypogynous, or slightly 



