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stmvms, l.owor down it is oontiiunl to iMr^or stiv.-uu banks or licli moist 

 Hrtts. it is at its bostNvlunv tlio siivivni 1ms thrown juloop alluviiU deposit 

 of sand, silt, j*rit, Iohvos, aiul cliari'oal. nyIumh^ it ilovolops into n noblo 

 plant tho or six foot higli ami many-tloworoil. It is no\or a hoij Lih/, 

 and to so troal it is to court failuro. Tho KlimltHlomiron bod, or some 

 such tivatmont as was givon bv a rooont writorin tho " (uirilon." is doubt- 

 loss host with von. 1 should ad\iso two to throo parts o( sand, ono to 

 tlnvo parts (^f poat i^r loaf moulil. with a liluM-al adihtion of ijrit and 

 charcoal, a shollorod plaoo. uootl drainage, but moisture would bo tho 

 tlunir. It is ti^urod and doscribod as loimni-yollow. dotted in tho throat 

 with maroon. Many of my platits aro destitute o{ dots and are all but 



omniio. (KiiJ. K^»>.) 



U\j. \\ nshimjtouuiuum. l\-o\\\ San Piego C ounty, in Southern 

 California, to Mt. Shasta, on tho north, at an elevation of from l.(HH) to 

 8,(XX) foot, tho Californian form of this Lily is to bo fmmd. sometimes 

 in v^ptMi pine forests, but usually irrowiny' in a thick undori^rowth of 

 Arvtoittaphtflos. Ccanothua, Wild Cherry, and other shrubs in a deep, 

 sandv, [>orfoctly ilrainod soil. In tho fall a heavy coat of snow covers their 

 homo, which, molting in late spring, keeps tho ground saturated for a 

 season. The Lilies come up through and bloi^m alnno tho brush in 

 .lulv or August, according to altitude anvl conilitions. After a tiro clears 

 tho underbrush, leaving only charred branches, they aro at their best. 



The bulb of this form is long and narrow, and rather loose, of long 

 sctvles, ne>ctr jointed. >hitnre bulbs aro seven to fifteen inches in 

 circnniforenco and six to sixteen ounces in woiglit. but 1 have seen them 

 as uuich as twenty-eight inches and four pounds. (Fig. 202.) 



They are very liable to decay when ilug. no matter how carefully ox- 

 how thoroughly ripe the bulb. 



The leaves aro few. m whorls, and the whorls far apart. In shape 

 lanceolate and very undulate, live to eight to tho whorl. Tho Hower is 

 pure-white, often tinoly dotted in tho throat with purple, broadly funnel 

 form with the upper A spreading or somewhat running. The segments 

 aiv so i^arrow that there is a s^vtco of fully half their width between 

 them in the tube. 



\0h. WasJuftijtoniiULi'u, / Around the base of Ml. Shasta 



thoiv is a peculiar and interesting form of L. Washinijtonianum which 

 lH?ars the stiiuo relationship to the species as var. Bloonwrianum does to 

 L. HtnnMiltii. In this variety, which I have named minor, the bulb is 

 ovate and compact, seldom cuor tive inches circunifereuce and ofloner 

 less, and an ounce or two in weight. The stem is slender, the leaves 

 five to eight in a whorl and the whorls far apart, leaves lanceolate in 

 shape, rather narrow, and strongly undulate. Above and below the few 

 whorls the leaves are narnnver and scattering. The gonoml impression 

 given bv Ix^th this and the Sierra form is of verv scant foliage and rather 

 naked stem, and in lK>th there is a considerable amount of purple colouring 

 on leaf, petiole, and stem. 



As in the Sierra species the segments of the perianth form a broadly 

 f mm el-shaped tuhe | of their length, with the upper ;\ bimdly spreading 

 and slightly recurved, and are rather of the lonijirionnn than of the 

 camUdu ni lorm. Tho segments are of tener pui'e- white, a trifle fuller in 



