go Calif ornian Lilies. 



ryi are bog lilies with running- or rhizomatous roots; that L. 

 Humboldtii and L. Columbianum are native to rich clayey soils, 

 and that L. Washingtonianum and L. rubescens rot easily in cold 

 or wet soils, that they are true bulbs, and that they thrive in well 

 drained soil of leaf mold mixed with disintegrated sandstone or 

 gravel. 



Lilium pardalinum, often called tiger lily by the country peo- 

 ple, is the most easily grown of all. It has an erect stem with 

 many long, lanceolate, pale green leaves, in whorls. The flower 

 is large and showy; the petals, bright crimson at tips, orange 

 dotted or blotched with black at center, and recurved to the stem. 

 There are lew more brilliant sights than a well bloomed plant of 

 this lily. The root is hardy and little subject to rot. It prefers 

 a rich sandy mold, but adapts itself to varying conditions. In a 

 shaded pond I saw fine specimens on the mold of old logs, the 

 fibrous roots running down into the water. They were six to 

 seven teet high with the finest of blossoms. In the rich mold be- 

 low mountain springs, or in the alluvium on the banks of small 

 streams, they 4>row to perfection. I have seen them doing well 

 in a sandy soil which in midsummer was as dry as a brick. In 

 cultivation I have seen the best results from planting in a sunken 

 barrel filled with sand well mixed with leaf mold or bog soil. It 

 should be kept moist, not wet, and is better in the shade. The 

 bulbs should be planted about four inches deep. Under such 

 conditions I have seen strong plants grown five to seven feet 

 high, with an abundance of bloom. Once planted, the roots 

 should be undisturbed. They spread rapidly in geometrical 

 ratio. The bulb of this year throws out two glowing roots this 

 fall, each of these throws out two next fall, etc. When the clump 

 gets too thick, the soil can be taken off it and the smaller roots 

 removed without disturbing the ones to be left. I have seen 

 clumps of four or five hundred in the wild state, the product of 

 one bulb. Both leaf and flower of L. pardalinum have wide varia- 

 tions, and three or four varieties are named, but it is hard to lay 

 down a dividing line, as the varieties run into each other. 



L. Californicum is a variety with narrow leaves, and a brilliant 

 flower; the tips of the petals a rich crimson and the dots small. 

 Variety puberulum has paler flowers and broad leaves. The 

 English florists have found a clear yellow form which they call 

 L. Wareii, but I have never been able to secure a specimen 



Lilium maritimum is one of the rarest in cultivation; this is for 

 a double reason. The bulb is difficult to handle, being particu- 

 larly liable to decay in handling. Then, too, its range of growth 

 is limited. It grows in and around peat bogs, on the coast of 

 Mendocino county — rarely farther north or south. It is seldom 

 seen farther than two miles from the ocean. The surface of these 

 bogs is dotted with clumps of ferns and azaleas. Around the 

 bogs is a waste of gray, ashy looking sand, densely covered with 

 heath, cypress and pines. On the edges of the bogs the lily is a 



