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large, upright, cup-shaped 

 blooms. There are many 

 varieties, the best being 

 alutaceum, the Prince of 

 Orange, atrosanguineum, 

 Marmoratum, Van Hout- 

 tei, bicolor, and starnino- 

 sutn. 



L. giganteum — the Giant 

 Lily — distinct from all 

 others, has heart-shaped 

 leaves, and a towering 

 flower-spike. The flowers 

 are from six to twelve 

 inches long, and white, 

 tinged with purple and 

 green. It is a native of 

 the Himalayas, and it is 

 fairly hardy in some parts. 

 The huge bulbs are com- 

 pletely exhausted after 

 flowering, and decay, leav- 

 ing two or three offsets 

 at the base of each stem, 

 which take some years to 

 attain flowering size. 



L. Hansonii — a beautiful 

 Lily, resembling the com- 

 mon Turk's Cap, but with 

 more wax-like blossoms, 

 of an orange-colour, dot- 

 ted with brown. It is a 

 vigorous, hardy kind. 



L. Humboldti — a Califor- 

 nian Lily. It reaches a 

 height of six feet or 

 more, and bears a number 

 of gracefully reflexed gol- 

 den blossoms, spotted 

 with brown. A loamy soil 

 suits it best. 



L. Kramerii — one of the 

 loveliest of Japan Lilies. 

 From a small bulb it 

 pushes up a slender stem, 

 which bears one or more 

 very long flowers of an 

 open funnel shape, being 

 six or eight inches long, 

 and of a delicate lilac-pink 

 colour. For pot-culture 

 it is a charming Lily; 

 indeed, the most satisfac- 

 tory way to grow it is 

 in pots. 



L. Leichtlinii — a slender 

 and graceful species, re- 

 sembling the Tiger Lily, 

 but less robust, and the 

 flowers are of a pale yel- 

 low, dotted thickly with 

 brown. It is from Japan, 

 and though quite hardy, is 

 in many places difficult to 

 keep in good health. 



L. longiflorum — this is the 

 long-flowered, pure white 

 Lily, so commonly sold 

 in pots by florists. In the 

 open border it blooms at 

 the end of July. Among 

 the varieties the best are 

 albo-marginatum (leaves 

 are margined with white), 

 eximeum, Takesima 

 (slightly tinged with pur- 

 ple), and Harrisii, very 

 prolific in flower, which 

 it produces two or three 

 times during the year. 



L. Martagon — one of the 

 commonest of garden 

 plants ; quite naturalised 

 in some parts of the coun- 

 try. The most distinct 

 varieties of it are album ; 

 Dalmaticum ,blackish-p ur- 



ple ; and fiore-pleno, with 

 double flowers. All thrive 

 in ordinary soil, in sun 

 or shade. 



L. Neilgherrense — the hand- 

 some Neilgherry Lily — 

 has large funnel-shaped 

 flowers, of a primrose 

 colour, and often a foot in 

 length. It is essentially a 

 greenhouse Lily, requiring 

 pot-culture. 



L. pardalinum — the Panther 

 Lily of California — is a 

 showy species of noble 

 growth. The blooms are 

 turban-shaped, of a brignt 

 red colour, with the lower- 

 part of the petals orange. 

 In the variety Californi- 

 cum or Eobinsonii, the 

 red is replaced by a bril- 

 liant scarlet, both having 

 the blooms spotted with 

 purple, while pallidii'o- 

 liurn is yellower. It flou- 

 rishes well under ordinary 

 conditions in the open 

 border, and will thrive in 

 moister soil than most of 

 the others. It delights 

 in a peat soil in a partially 

 shaded spot, and flowers 

 in July. 



L. Parkmannii — a splendid 

 Lily, said to be a hybrid 

 between L. auratum aud 

 speciosum. It is quite 

 intermediate between 

 these two kinds, combin- 

 ing the large flowers and 

 rich colouring in a beauti- 

 ful way. It is very rare. 



L. Parryi— a graceful Lily, 

 with funnel-shaped blos- 

 soms, borne on long slen- 

 der stalks, and pale yel- 

 low. A native of California. 

 Is quite hardy, and thrives 

 best in a peaty soil. 



L. parvum — a pretty, small- 

 flowered Lily, with pen- 

 dulous yellow blossoms, 

 dotted with brown. The 

 bulb is creeping, and the 

 flower resembles L. Cana- 

 dense. 



L. Philadelphicum has a 

 bulb smaller than any 

 other Lily. Its slender 

 stems produce large erect 

 blossoms, of a bright 

 orange-red colour. It is 

 by no means of easy cul- 

 ture. It succeeds best in 

 a light vegetable soil, and 

 in a partially shaded posi- 

 tion. A native of the 

 United States. 



L. Philippinense — one of 

 the noblest of all Lilies — 

 is similar to L.longiflorum, 

 but the leaves are much 

 narrower, and the flowers 

 longer. It needs a warm 

 green-house to grow it 

 successfully. A native of 

 the Philippines. 



L. polyphyllum — a pretty 

 and distinct Lily ; bears 

 several flowers, of a pale 

 yellow ground - colour, 

 thickly dotted with pur- 

 ple. Though a Hima- 

 layan plant, it is fairly 

 hardy in England. 



L. pomponium — a well- 



known European Lily, 

 growing from two to three 

 feet, the flowers being nu- 

 merous, and in shape like 

 those of L. Martagon. 

 The flowers range from 

 orange to bright vermi- 

 lion, and have a disagree- 

 able odour. 



L. pulchellum — a miniature 

 Lily, growing about afoot 

 high, with erect flowers, 

 of a bright red colour. It 

 flowers in June. It is the 

 prettiest of the earlyLilies 

 and flowers freely when 

 planted in a border under 

 a hand-light or frame. 

 Native of Siberia. 



L. rubescens — a Californian 

 Lily, with small purplish 

 flowers. It is not easy to 

 cultivate, the most suc- 

 cessful results being ob- 

 tained in a stiflish well- 

 drained soil. 



L. speciosum — the common 

 green-house Lily, often 

 erroneously called L. lanci- 

 folium. It is one of the 

 most beautiful of Lilies, 

 and is particularly suit- 

 able for green-house cul- 

 tivation. It is not suffi- 

 ciently hardy to be grown 

 out of doors generally in 

 this country, as it flowers 

 so late. There are many 

 forms, the best being 

 album, Kreetzerii, roseum, 

 rubrum, Schrymakersii, 

 and punctatum. Besides 

 these there are album 

 monstrosum, and rubrum 

 monstrosum, in which the 

 flowers are collected into 

 a flattened head. Native 

 of Japan. 



L. superbum — the Swam]) 

 Lily— is unlike most of the 

 others, as it will grow in 

 damp spots, being found 

 naturally in mai-shyplaces. 

 It grows six or seven feet 

 high, with as many as 

 twenty flowers on a spike. 

 The blooms are turban- 

 shaped, orange-red, and 

 spotted. Flowers about 

 August. North America. 



L. Szovitzianum — the Cau- 

 casian Lily — is found in 

 gardens under the names 

 of L. Colchicum, and 

 monodelphum, as well as 

 that of L. Szovitzianum. 

 It is one of the finest of 

 all, and being hardy, it 

 forms a stately object in 

 a border. The stem rises 

 from four to six feet in 

 height. The large turban- 



shaped flowers are pale 

 yellow, with small black- 

 ish dots ; they vary in 

 tint, some being spotless. 

 It flowers about the end 

 of June. It prefers a good 

 free soil, but when planted 

 the bulbs generally remain 

 dormant, or nearly so, the 

 first season. 

 L. tenuifolium— a Siberian 

 species ; a good deal like 

 L.pomponium,but smaller 

 in all its parts. The 

 flowers are bright crim- 

 son. 



L. testaceum — a most beau- 

 tiful Lily ; said to be a 

 hybrid between L. candi- 

 duin and L. Chalcedoni- 

 cuin. It is like L. candi- 

 duni, but the flowers are 

 more open and of a nan- 

 keen tint. It requires a 

 good rich soil. 



L. tigrinum— the common 

 Tiger Lily — flowers in the 

 autumn after most of the 

 others are past. There are 

 several varieties, the best 

 being splendens, which is 

 the latest in floweriug ; 

 Fortunei, an early bloom- 

 ing form ; and flore pleno, 

 with double blossoms. 



L. umbellatum — under this 

 name are included various 

 Lilies, producing large 

 cup-shaped blossoms early 

 in the season. They are 

 sometimes classed as va- 

 riations of L. Davuricum, 

 but are quite distinct 

 from the ordinary form of 

 that Lily. The «howie-t 

 are Sappho, ineompji-a- 

 bile, grandifloruni, and 

 erectum. They are all 

 vigorous varieties, suit- 

 able for the open border. 



L. "VValUchianum— a Hima- 

 layan species in the way 

 of L. Neilgherrense, but 

 more slender, and with 

 almost white blossoms. It 

 requires the protection of 

 a green-house, and cannot 

 be included among easily- 

 grown plants. 



L. Washingtonianum — a 

 grand Lily, but unfortu- 

 nately seldom seen in a 

 flourishing condition in 

 England. It has whorled 

 leaves, aud strong plants 

 bear as many as twenty 

 blossoms, their colour 

 being a pale lilac. Good 

 sandy soil, with thorough 

 drainage, should be given 

 to this Lily. A native of 

 California. 



Besides the foregoing- kinds there are a few more 

 that are occasionally met with, but are seldom satis- 

 factory, so that a mention of their names will suffice 

 here. Among them are : — L. avenaceum, calhsum, 

 Catesbice, Columbianum, co)icolor, cordifolium Coridion, 

 medcoloides, and Parthcneion. 



Merendera. — This genus is a near ally of Col- 

 chicum (Meadow Saffron). The best-known species, 



