LILY FAMILY. 



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5. A. Schcenopra'sum, L. Scape naked or few-leaved at base, about as 

 long as the subulate-filiform leaves ; spathe 2-valved, about equal to 

 tbe umbel. 



Eusn-LEEK Allium. Chives, or Gives. 



Fr. Ciboulette. Germ, Der Schuittlauch. Span. Cebollino. 



Growing in bunches. Bulbs small. Scape 6-9 inches high, smooth. Leaves erect., 

 about as long as the scape. Unibel about an inch in diameter. Spathe. of 2 ovate mem- 

 branaceous nerved purpLish valves. Calyx purple with a tinge of violet. 



Gardens : cultivated. Native of Europe. Fl. July. Fr. September. 



Ohs. Cultivated as a culinary herb ; and often used as a kind of me- 

 dicinal food for young poultry. Two or three other species of thissgenus 

 are cultivated in Europe ; namely, A. Scorodoprasum, L., or Rocambole 

 — A. Scalonicum, L., or Schallott, &c. Bat I believe they are not much 

 attended to, in this country. We have, also, a few native species ; 

 but they are scarcely of sufficient importance to require the notice of 

 the Agriculturist. 



6. LIL'IUM, L. Lily. 



[Ihe classical Latin name.] 



Perianth bell-.shaped or funnel-form, of 6 distinct petal-like sepals, either 

 clawed or sessile, often recurved or revolute, with a central groove in- 

 side near the base, deciduous. Anthers linear, versatile. Style longer 

 tkan the stamens, somewhat clavate ; stigma 3-lobcd. Capsule oblong, 

 3-angled, with the angles grooved ; S2eds flat, margined, in 2 rows in 

 each cell. JBuIbs scaly ; stems simple, leafy ; leaves sessile, alternate, or 

 whorled ; flowers very large. 



1. L. Canaden'se, L. Leaves generally and remotely whorled, lanceo- 

 late, nerves and margins roughish-pubcscent ; flowers nodding, — the 

 lobes sessile, recurved. 



Canadian Lilium. Wild Yellow Lily. 



iSfem 2 - 3 feet high. ieare5 2-3 inches long, in rather distant whorls of 4-6. Flowers 

 3-7 or 10 (rarely solitary) , all nodding, on peduncles S - Q inches in length. Perianth 

 yellow (sometimes reddish-orange), with numerous dark purple spots inside; lobes l-Z 

 inches long, recurved from near the middle. 



Common in meadows. June -July. 



06s. This, which is so very abundant and showy, is introduced as a 

 representative of several native and cultivated species. Besides this, we 

 have several other wild sorts, which will be found described in the flo- 

 ras ; the most conspicuous of them being the Turk's-cap Lily (L, super- 

 bum, L.), which has sometimes as many as 20-40 flowers ; it is said 

 to improve much by culture. The beautiful White Lily (L. album,) ia 

 well known from being frequently cultivatsd iti gardens, as is the Tiger 

 Lily (L. bulbiferum)— M'hich produces little blackish bulblets in the? 

 axils of the leaves. The newly introduced Japan Lilies (L. lancifoltum, 



