120 FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. 



The most useful lilies are the following :^-L. Brotsnl, 

 with very large trumpet-shaped flowers, white, delicately" 

 striped outside -with purple. B. aura turn, a, giant of its 

 race, the flowers expanded, with yellow or red stripes on 

 a . white ground. L. candidmm, the common white lily, 

 thriving almost anywhere, and yet a little fastidious. . 

 L. jtlialcedonicwm, always thriving best in a rich deep 

 loam. L. croceum, good and cheap, very accommodating. 

 L.elegans, usually orange red, but variable, and always 

 useful. L. longiflorum, a lovely trumpet-shaped flower of 

 the purest white ; it requires a peaty soil, but is not very 

 particular; in a cold locality a sheltered spot should be 

 selected for it. L. tigrinum, the tiger lily, is very gay, 

 .and some varieties flower late ; hence the Laureate puts it 

 into the autumn garland: 



" Heavily hangs the broad sunflower 

 Over its grave in the earth so chilly, 

 Heavily hangs the hollyhock, 

 Heavily hangs the tiger-lily." 



