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sinense is well known in gardens, but L. tigrinum splcndens, which richly 

 deserves its name, is but little known. Very many bulbs of L. tigrinwn 

 Fortunei (fig. 193), which has a very woolly stem, are sent out in mistake 

 for L. tigrinum splendcns, the original error having been widely extended 

 by means of stem bulbs. L. tigrinum splendcns has more the character of 

 the old L. tigrinum sinense, only magnified in height, size of fiowers, and 

 especially size of spots. It shows beautifully in Rhododendron beds, in 

 the centre of other beds ; indeed, in any situation in which its height — 7 

 or 8 feet, or, with large bulbs, probably 9 feet or more — does not dis- 

 qualify it. L. tigrinum flore-pleno (fig. 194) is a showy Lily which lasts long 

 in flower. I think L. tigrinum erecticm a desirable variety, but with this 

 opinion the Floral Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society used not 

 to agree. 



Lilium longiflorum, with its varieties eximium, Takesima, &c., some- 

 times blooms very well in borders, but care should be taken that it is 



Fig. 193. — L. tigeinum Foktunbi. « Fig. 194. — L. tigrinum floke- 



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not injured by spring frosts. This Lily is such an early one that, unless 

 protected by the leaves of the Rhododendrons or otherwise, its growth 

 is apt to be checked. (Figs. 214, 219.) 



This season I have one clump of L. giganteum with no fewer than 

 fifteen stems and a multitude of expanding flowers. 



The comparatively recently-introduced North American Lilies, such 

 as L. Humboldti, Washingtonianum (figs. 195, 202), puhcrulinn, parda- 

 linum, Bohinsoni, calif ornicum, &c.,no doubt will soon be grown perfectly 

 in borders ; but here, at least, though some thrive well, others, in places 

 where they ought to succeed perfectly, have not always done so, the foliage 

 of L. Humboldti especially not keeping its healthy colour. Cultivators 

 must not be discouraged when newly-imported bulbs do not show up the 

 first season. I have just been examining two small beds, in each of which 

 twelve fine bulbs of L. Humboldti (fig. 188) were planted. The soil of one 

 bed consists of two parts of peat and one of loam, the other of loam with a 

 little sharp sand mixed ; in neither bed the bulbs made upward growth, but, 



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