LILY. 



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cum ; it is very tender, will not endure even a Virginian 

 winter. Bulbs delicate, and impatient of removal. It 

 is only valuable in botanical collections. 



L. cattanese. — A variety of L. Martagon, Page 216. 



L. Chaixii. — A variety of L. croceum, Page 206. 



L. chalcedonicum. — A very old and handsome 

 Lily, rarely met in our gardens, from the fact of its not 

 being sufficiently hardy to survive our winter. With but 

 little care in protecting it, it would thrive with the same 

 luxuriance as L. candidum, and, like that species, it dis- 

 likes removals. In England this Lily grows from three 

 to four feet high, bearing several pendulous, vermilion- 

 red, turban-shaped flowers in July. With us it flowers 

 in June, and is well worth a place in every collection 

 (See lower flowers in engraving on opposite page). 



Var. pyrenaicum. — A variety from the moun- 

 tains of Albania, is described by D. T. Fish as having 

 fiery red flowers, and by Dr. Wallace as having yellow 

 flowers. Mr. Fish refers to L. flavum, which he calls a 

 "yellow beauty." The two forms undoubtedly exist, 

 with a slight confusion in nomenclature. 



L. citrinum. — A variety of L. elegans. 



L. colchicum.— See L. monadelphum, Page 217. 



L. columbianum. — A native of Oregon, growing 

 at a high elevation, in dry, sandy soil. It has a very 

 graceful form, growing from three to four feet high ; 

 flowers quite numerous, pendulous, and of a bright yel- 

 low color. It thrives much better East than most of the 

 Pacific Coast species. 



L. concolor. — A very dwarf and beautiful species 

 from Japan. Its bulbs have a tendency to break up ; a 

 bulb not more than an inch in diameter will frequently 

 throw up five or six stems ; this will, in a measure, be 

 avoided by leaving the bulbs where planted for a number 

 of years. The plant grows from two to twelve inches 

 high, and produces from one to three crimson, erect, 



