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THE CENTURY BOOK OF GARDENING. 



graceful, their stems being 

 slender and pliant, and the 

 drooping flowers poised on 

 long, delicate footstalks. 

 L. eandidum (the Madonna 

 Lily) is probably to be met 

 with in almost every town 

 and village in England, and 

 is generally at home in 

 cottage gardens, where it 

 may be seen flourishing under 

 the most dissimilar conditions 

 of soil and situation. ft is 

 of easy culture where it is 

 not attacked by White Lily 

 disease, which has unfor- 

 tunately annihilated many 

 collections of late years. 

 Many theories have been 

 advanced as to its cause and 

 cure, but no satisfactory con- 

 clusion has been arrived at as 

 to the former, while, though 

 many remedial measures have 

 been advocated, none have 

 proved entirely successful. 

 The disease usually appears 

 to be more prevalent among 

 imported bulbs than in the 

 ranks of those that have been 

 grown through a long period 

 in this country. There is 

 a variegated form of this Lily 

 known as L. eandidum albo marginatum or variegatum, 

 and also a double form. Groups ol the Madonna Lily, 

 associated with dark-leaved shrubs, are very beautiful. 

 L. chaleedonieum (the Scarlet Turtfs-cap) grows 3ft. 

 to 4IL in height, and has waxy flowers of brilliant 

 vermilion colour. This is the brightest-coloured of all 

 Lilies, and being perfectly hardy, and of easy culture, 

 should be in every garden, to which, in July, it con- 

 tributes much beauty. Heldreichi is a good form. 

 L. COnCOlOP is a pretty Japanese Lily, also its varieties 



Coridion and pulchellum. 

 L. CPOCeum (the Orange Lily of our gardens) is almost 

 as common as the Madonna Lily. It is an European 

 species, and under good cultivation attains a height of 

 from 5ft. to 7ft.: its flowers are orange, dotted with 

 black ; it grows freely in any position and an)- soil. 

 L. davurieum, now generally known as umbellatum, is 

 2ft. high, with orange red flowers spotted with purple- 

 black. There are many varieties of this Lily, the best 

 known of which are L. d. atrosanguineum, bicolor, 

 fulgidum, grandiflorum, erectum, Incomparable, multi- 

 florum, and punctatum. This is another good and hardy 

 garden Lily, coming into bloom shortly alter L. bulbi- 

 ferum. It is very easily grown. 

 L. elegans, or Thunbergianum, a native of Japan, is only 

 I ft. high, having flowers orange red spotted with darker 

 colour. There are now in commerce about twenty 

 named varieties of this Lily, differing from the type and 

 from each other in size and colour of the flowers and 

 density and tint of spots ; the best known are L. elegans 

 alutaceum, Alice Wilson, aurantiacus. Beauty, bicolor, 

 brevifolium, flore-pleno, Horsmanni, a very fine variety, 

 with rich crimson flowers ; marmoratum aureum, 

 ornatum, good, with bright orange yellow flowers, spotted 

 black : Prince of Orange, The Sultan, Van Houttei, 

 venuslum, and Wilsoni, a strong grower, 2ft. in height, 

 with apricot-coloured flowers, spotted purple — one of 

 the best. This is a June and July flowering Lily, and is 

 useful both for the open garden and for pot culture. 

 Groups are particularly effective in the front of herbaceous 

 borders ; they are very accommodating in the matter of 

 soil. 



L. exeelsum (testaceutn or Isabellinum), the Nankeen 

 Lilv, a garden hybrid, probably between L. eandidum 

 and L. chaleedonieum, is very beautiful. It grows from 



TUB MADONNA LILY. 



5ft. to 6ft. high, with pure 

 self flowers of apricot buff 

 colour. An excellent garden 

 Lily, accommodating in the 

 matter of soil, and flowering 

 after L. eandidum. 

 L. giganteum, a Himalayan 

 Lily, is one of the boldest 

 of its race, growing to a 

 height of 1 oft., and bearing 

 long ivory white blossoms 

 stained internally with rosy 

 purple, and emitting a 

 vanilla-like fragrance. This 

 Lily is of easy culture, and 

 attains its noblest proportions 

 in deep, rich soils. The bulb 

 dies after flowering, produc- 

 ing a few bulblets which take 

 from three to five years to 

 reach the flowering state. 

 It is well to place it in a 

 position sheltered from winds, 

 which tear the big, handsome 

 glossy green leaves. L. 

 cordifolium. a native of Japan, 

 is not unlike it. It is 4ft. in 

 height, with white flowers 

 stained with purple inside. 

 L. Henryi is one of the most 

 charming of all the later 

 Lilies. It has been called the 

 yellow Speciosum, and will 

 in good soil reach 7ft. in height, the orange yellow 

 flowers, of a rich, clear, and beautiful colour, appearing in 

 summer. This Lily has proved perfectly hardy, and is a 

 kind to group amongst shrubs or to grow by itself. 

 L. Hlimboldti, a native of California, is from 5ft. to 6ft. 

 high, having apricot yellow flowers spotted with lake. 

 A distinct variety of this Lily is L. Humboldti Bloomeri- 

 anum, or oeellatum, w ith flowers golden yellow in colour, 

 having conspicuous purple spots margined with light 

 yellow. This form is of less vigorous habit than the 

 type. L. Humboldti is a good garden Lily, growing well 

 in a compost of three parts loam to one of leaf-mould, 

 and succeeding in drier situations than the Swamp Lilies. 

 L. longlflorum, the long tubed Lily from Japan, and 

 from lit. to 3ft. in height, has white flowers. There are 

 many forms of this Lily, the best known of which are 

 L. Harrisi from the Bermudas, and known as the Easter 

 Lily ; L. Wilsoni, L. eximium, L. Takesima, having 

 flowers violet tinted on the outside ; L. longiflorum 

 grandiflorum, and a variegated form L. 1. albo-marginatum. 

 L. longiflorum is well adapted for pot culture, and is 

 grown by the thousand in this way for church decoration. 

 As a garden Lily it is not generally satisfactory, often 

 dying after its first flowering, especially in heavy, damp 

 soil. 



L. Martagon (the TurMs-cap Lily of gardens) is well 

 known. It bears its much-reflexed flowers on long spire- 

 like racemes, light purple in colour with darker spots. 

 Two very distinct varieties are L. Martagon dalmaticum, 

 attaining a height of from 6ft. to 7ft., with purple-black 

 flowers, and the white Martagon, a beautiful Lily with 

 snow-white blossoms. The Martagon Lilies are perfectly 

 hardy, and succeed admirably in the open border in 

 ordinary garden soil. 



L. pardaliniim (the Panther Lily)- — The tall stems of 

 tli is Lily often carry as many as sixty blossoms. The 

 flowers are variable, ranging from orange to deep red, 

 petals recurved and covered with large purple spots. The 

 following are the best known of the named varieties : 

 L. pardalinum augustifolium, rich scarlet shading to 

 yellow, heavily spotted, leaves narrower than in 

 the type ; californicum, deep orange, tipped scarlet, 

 spotted maroon ; Michauxi, crimson-scarlet, spotted 

 maroon; minor, a slender-growing variety, 3ft. high; 

 pallidifolium, flowers and leaves paler in colour 



