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gular in Canadense. Properly an eastern (indigenous 

 American) form, but stretching westward, and inter- 

 mingling with the western varieties, so that it becomes 

 difficult to separate the intermediate forms." In the 

 cultivated forms there is as wide a difference between 

 these two species as there is between either of them and 

 the Martagons. The Superbum grows twice as high, 

 has cfouble the number of flowers, which have their 

 petals so much reflexed that they clasp the stems, while 

 those of the Canadense are always bell-shaped, and the 

 buds of the former are quite as angular as are those of 

 the latter. 



L. Szovitszianum. — A synonym of L. monadel- 

 phum, Page 217. 



L. Takesima. — A variety of L. longiflorum, 

 Page 215. 



Li. tenuifolium. — The earliest of all our garden 

 Lilies, and one of the most desirable, because of its bril- 

 liant scarlet flowers, produced in a raceme of from one 

 to twenty, on very slender stems, which -are beautifully 

 clothed with grass-like foliage. A native of Siberia, 

 where it is largely grown as an article of food. It is 

 quite tender, and needs a dry soil and protection against 

 frost ; see Page 175. It is rapidly increased from seed. 



L. testaceum. — A synonym of L. excelsum, 

 Page 211. 



L. Thompsonianum. — This is now classed with 

 the Fritillarias, Page 92. 



L. Thunbergianum. — A synonym of L. elegans, 

 Page 207. 



L. tigrinum (Tiger Lily). — This is one of our 

 earliest contributions from China, having been intro- 

 duced with Longiflorum in 1804. It is, when well 

 grown, one of the most noble and showy of all the spe- 

 cies, and well worthy a place in every collection. The 

 type grows about four feet high, and, in good soil, will 



