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pointed, and some on every bulb are two or three jointed, with easily 

 separable joints. 



It is found at rather low altitudes in the canons of the mountains of 

 the region described. It is an arid region, and the bulbs are seldom over 

 a couple of hundred yards from the edge of the mountain streams on the 

 cool slopes. They grow in a granitic sand and debris, of course with the 

 mixture of leaf mould which such a habitat would ensure. 



As a garden plant it is far the superior of the type. Equalling it at 

 its best in size and as showy, it is a far better grower, takes kindly 

 to most soils, roots well, and 90 per cent, flower the first year. Having 

 strong roots above the bulb, it is also a surface feeder. Even bulbs as 

 small as 5 inches in diameter flower well. 



16. L. Humholdtii var. Bloomer icvnum, or L. Bloomer ianum. — This 

 variety is a native of the high mountains of San Diego County, and is the 

 southernmost representative of the species. Compared to the two fore- 

 going it is a dwarf. Seldom over 4 feet in height it has a bulb little larger 

 than that of L. cohimbianum, often not over an ounce in weight, and 

 more jointed than in the last. Its colour scheme is similar, but neither 

 in foliage nor colour is it nearly so pretty. Like L. Humholdtii var. 

 magnificum it is a sure bloomer, and usually flowers the first season after 

 moving. 



L. Humholdtii var. occellatum, as described by Baker, would include 

 these two variations. 



2. L. columhianum. — This pretty little Lily, the miniature of 

 L. Humholdtii, is found throughout the North-west, in Oregon, 

 Washington, and British Columbia. It grows oftener among the brakes 

 in moist, well-drained soil. It varies little. 



I have found it an easy Lily to grow. A good loam, drainage, and 

 shelter, comprise its needs. 



3. L. Boezlii. — This pretty rhizomatous Lily was originally described 

 as from Utah, whence it has not since been reported. I have it from 

 Southern Oregon. Its closely revolute flower, orange, dotted with marooh, 

 very slender crowded leaves, few of them in whorls, and solitary 

 rhizomatous roots, with three or four jointed scales, are its distinguishing 

 points. It seems to be a true bog Lily. My collectors so report it, and 

 the muck its bulbs bring with them supports the belief well. 



At Lyons Valley it succeeds admirably in the always moist, almost 

 pure leaf mould about my spring, but is nearly as good in a deep, loose, 

 gritty soil, so dry as to need irrigation in June. 



The English grower should give it a place in the Rhododendron bed, 

 or brook, or pond margin. 



4. L. i)ardcdinum. — This is a species that needs no introduction. We 

 have it in both great belts from Lower California on one side to British 

 Columbia on the other. Yar. Bourgcsa has been accredited to Lake 

 Winnipeg, far east of the Rocky Mountains. (Fig. 184.) 



L. ixtrdcdinum is not reported from any point east of the Cascades, 

 and I very much doubt its being represented at so distant a point by a 

 variety. 



In the region in which I know it, it is the most variable of Lilies. 

 It is scarcely alike in two places, and in the distribution of its varieties 



