264. The celebrated Lilium speciosum, the most satisfactory pinK-and-white lily of the TurK's-cap type. Less showy than the golden-banded lily, but more permanent 



your lily petals, you will find Lilium speciosum 

 an excellent substitute for auratum. Ordina- 

 rily it has only half as many flowers (three to 

 ten), but it has the advantage of being cheaper 

 in the end because more permanent. The 

 red form (var. rubrum) is one of the six most 

 popular lilies, and Professor Waugh thinks 

 it is the best for all of general cultivation, It 

 blooms in August and September. There 

 are at least seven varieties, of which the best 

 white is said to be var. Kraetzeri, and the 

 most highly colored var. Melpomene. 



It is often suggested that the golden-banded 

 lily may be only a natural hybrid of L. 



265. A nearer view of Lilium speciosum, showing the 

 beautiful spotting. Flowers often eight inches across 



speciosum and some oth^r species. The 

 main botanical difference is in the flower 

 stalks, or pedicels, which are long and twisted 

 in speciosum, rather short and straight in 

 auratum. Both have a charming feature — 

 the inside of the flower is thickly studded with 

 sharp raised points, or excrescences, which 

 make them unique among the lilies here de- 

 scribed. 



STRONG RED, ORANGE AND YELLOW 



We have two series of colors in lilies, the 

 delicate and the strong; the former being 

 white, pink or rose, the latter red, orange or 

 yellow. Any important species in either 

 group is likely to have all the colors of that 

 group, but not of the other. We now come 

 to the tiger lily, which is closely allied botan- 

 ically to auratum and speciosum but belongs 

 to the other color group. 



The one lily that everybody knows, and 

 the only one that persists for generations in old 

 gardens, is Lilium tigrinum. It is so big, 

 cheap and easy to grow that Fashion calls it 

 common and coarse. It is also rather stiff 

 and formal. It has red flowers with purplish 

 spots, and the largest and most brilliant form 

 is var. splendens. The tiger lily often has 

 bulbils in the axils of the leaves, which if 

 planted as soon as mature will produce bulbs 

 of blooming size in three or four years of care- 

 ful cultivation. Another interesting feature 

 is the twisting of the petals as the flowers get 

 older. The bulbs cost ten cents each, which 

 is the minimum among lilies. 



The great but unpronounceable Russian 

 botanist, Maximowicz, has a species named 

 after him which may be roughly described 

 as a yellow tiger lily, although it has lemon, 

 orange and red varieties. The world really 

 needs lilies of the tiger-lily type in all the 

 colors. Possibly this species may furnish the 

 clue. The common form of L. Maximowiczii 

 is the pale yellow variety, known to the trade 

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as L. Leichtlini. Miss Jekyll says it is only 

 for the skilled amateur; that it comes up. too 

 early and needs protection from spring frosts; 

 and that the best soil is a sandy loam, 

 lightened with peat. Mr. Horsford says that 

 there is a reddish-yellow variety that is 

 stronger and surer. 



There has been much talk lately about the 

 apricot-colored lily found by the famous 

 collector, Dr. Henry, in western China. 

 Lilium Henryi has won the hearts of flower 

 lovers by the soft mellow color of the flower 

 and by its easy, unconventional style of 

 growth, in which respect, Professor Waugh 



266. The most gorgeous of all lilies 'the golden- 

 banded) and unhappily one of the shortest lived 



