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surface of the petals is shiny, as if it were glazed. It has not suffered 

 much from drought. [This is probably dalmaticum. — Ed.j 



L. Martagon album. — Leaves as above ; flowers pendulous in a fine 

 long spike, pure white with a green centre ; has not suffered. 



L. nmhellatum erect um. — Flowers large, of an orange colour, with a 

 yello^^dsh centre and finely spotted maroon. 



Of this I have two clumps which appear to be established, as they 

 come up every year and multiply. These are among Rhododendrons. I 

 planted another dozen last autumn in the same bed ; some came up and 

 others not, few have flowered. And yet another dozen in another place ; 

 most of these have come up and have flowered, others did not appear. 



L. Henryi. — Leaves scattered, somewhat curled, and dark green ; tall ; 

 flowers orange-yellow with green centre. (Fig. 180.) 



This Lily does not seem to have suffered in any way. It is strong, 

 and comes up every year and flowers. 



L. cxcelsum. — Leaves scattered, upper ones short and narrow ; flowers 

 pendulous, and of uniform pale nankin colour. It comes up every year, 

 but this season it is mucli stunted. 



L. concolor, — Dwarf, with scattered slender foliage ; flowers, pale 

 yellow. 



L. pomponium veriim. — Dwarf, with scattered slender foliage and 

 scarlet flowers, like those of chalcedonicum. This and concolor came up 

 and flowered for two years. This year they both came up, but are quite 

 blind. 



L. speciosum Knetzeri. — Leaves scattered ; flowers pure white. Has 

 come up every year among Rhododendrons, but makes a rather feeble plant. 



L. spcciosuin crueiitum. — Leaves scattered ; flowers suffused carmine 

 and spotted deeper. Comes up every year among Rhododendrons, and 

 appears to be established and strong. 



L. speciosum punctatum I have in a pot under glass, but it makes 

 a feeble plant, perhaps from indifferent management. 



L. Alexandrce I have also in a pot under glass, but it again makes a 

 feeble plant, perhaps from a similar cause to the preceding. (Fig. 212.) 



L. chalcedonicum came up and flowered well for two years ; this 

 year it came up dwarf, about 8 inches high, and the poor thing is 

 going to make an attempt to flower. 



I have a few others which come up annually, but as I have lost their 

 tickets it is not easy to identify them either from Wallace's Catalogue or 

 from Nicholson ; so I had better say nothing about them. 



Among the failures I count the follo^™g :— 



L. tigrinnm. 



L. tigriuum flore-pleno and splendens I have tried; they flowered 

 the first year and never appeared again ; of tigriuum I have collected a 

 number of axillary bulbils, which now form a small bed in their third 

 year, and some promise to flower. Perhaps they will become established. 



A friend of mine, not far off" from my garden, had a magnificent bed of 

 L. tigrinum in prime condition. "When in full flower it was a perfect sight. 



L. Broicuii. — Of this Lily I had a small bed ; for two years the plants 

 came up and flowered well. This year only one tiny stem made its 

 appearance and is quite blind. 



