DUTCH LILIES. 



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A striking contrast to this are the rich blood-red crimson flowers of 

 VanJwuttei, one of the darkest, and also very large. 



— Bicolor (jpictum), 1 to 2 feet high, has a yellow centre with red tips to 

 the petals. 



Brevifolium is an early variety with light-red flowers. 



Citrinum is an unspotted form of a refined pale orange colour, rather 

 stout and very distinct. 



Ftdgens, intermediate between elegans and dauricum, formerly 

 described as a distinct species, has deep-red flowers. 



Grandiflorum has medium- sized, erect flowers of a blood-red shade. 



The "double" variety known as flore pleno has semi-double flowers 

 of a deep red shade. Another variety with semi-double flowers is of a 

 clear orange colour. 



Prince of Orange ' is one of the best dwarf varieties, exceedingly 

 pretty for borders and edging ; colour apricot-yellow. 



Venustum (armeniacum), a form of fuUjens, is distinguished by 

 brilliant orange-tinted flowers. 



Venustum macranthum is a decided improvement, being an abundant 

 bloomer with large unspotted brilliant apricot-orange flowers. 



Wilsoni is very late and stout, about 2 feet high ; flowers apricot with 

 broad yellow band down the centre of the petals. 



Horsmaiini is a real gem, unfortunately very scarce ; rich crimson, 

 magnificent flowers. 



A few good novelties have been added to the above assortment within 

 the last ten years, viz. — 



' Beautiful Star,' rich orange-red ; ' Othello,' deep red, tinged orange ; 

 Beauty,' orange-tinged yellow ; ' Sunset,' glowing golden chamois ; and 

 ** The Sultan,' dark crimson ; all very bold and effective flowers, three of 

 which were awarded First-class Certificate or Award of Merit by the 

 Eoyal Netherlands Horticultural and Botanic Society in 1891. 



The umhellatum Lilies are closely allied to the former group, and 

 recent crosses between them and the Thunhergianuni varieties have 

 practically mixed up the distinct characters of each of them. 



Fig. 188.— L. umbellatum. 



2. The Umbellatum Group. 



