202 BULBS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLANTS. 



drooping, bell-shaped yellow flowers, shaded with orange. 

 Like all indigenous plants, it is easily grown, and capa- 

 ble of improvement by good cultivation. Its varieties 

 are : 



Var. rubrum. — A strong grower, free flowering; 

 color bright crimson, with small spots. In clumps, 

 under cultivation, it is exceedingly beautiful. 



Var. flavum. — This has the same general habit as 

 the foregoing ; its flowers are bright yellow, slightly 

 tinged with crimson, and spotted with brown. 



Var. parvum. — A form common in California, 

 growing from four to six feet high, and bears in a raceme 

 on long stalks, a great number of pendulous, small yel- 

 low dotted flowers, with broad, blunt petals; foliage in 

 whorls. 



Var. parviflorum. — A form closely resembling the 

 above, differing in its lower growth and smaller flowers. 



Var. maritimum. — Is a small-flowered maritime 

 Lily, found in low, peaty meadows on the coast near 

 San Francisco. The flowers are deep reddish orange- 

 brown, spotted dark purple inside. Like most of the 

 California Lilies, this variety does not like the Eastern 

 climate of America, and does not succeed well there. 



L. candidum. — This species is older than history, 

 as the first notice made of plants speaks of it as a "well- 

 known plant." It is the loveliest, as well as the oldest, 

 and if we were to have but one Lily, Candidum would 

 be the one. As. a garden flower the cultivation of 

 Candidum is most simple. It will thrive in any fairly 

 good soil, but to insure a free growth and a profusion of 

 flowers, the soil should be rich, deep and moist. It is, 

 therefore, best to make suitable arrangements for the 

 bed by first selecting a favorable situation, and then put- 

 ting it in the most perfect condition by digging deep 

 and enriching thoroughly. Plantings should always be 

 made in August, when the bulbs are at rest ; very soon 



