418 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



LILY-CULTT RE UNDER GLASS. 



Bv R. W. Wallace, F.R.H.S. 



Having only last year read a paper before the Royal Horticultural 

 Society on Lilies in general.* I do not propose to take up much of your 

 time to-day, but in these few notes to confine my remarks principally to 

 the cultivation of the Lily under glass and the great use that may be 

 made of it as a decorative greenhouse plant. 



I will speak of those kinds first that are suitable for forcing, and 

 may be subjected to considerable warmth during the spring, so as to have 

 them in flower at an early date ; and I would di*aw special attention to the 

 following varieties, which are excellent subjects, but are very seldom used 

 for this purpose. 



For several years past I have grown under glass during the spring 

 months a large number and variety of Lilies, with a view of having them in 



Fig. 2])>. — L. tenuifolium. 



flower by the end of May, and this has been a great guide to me, and helped 

 to show what is possible in this direction. 



It is understood, in speaking of the following, I am supposing that fine 

 bulbs have been potted up in early autumn and plunged in a cold frame, and 

 taken from thence into the warm house as required. The various forms 

 of L. umhellatum and L. Tlmnherqianum are most satisfactory, respond- 

 ing quickly and readily to this treatment ; their erect, bright showy 

 flowers, borne in large umbels, massed on the ground and associated with 

 foliaged plants, especially Japanese Maples, will be at once striking and 

 effective. Funkias also are most usefal plants in this respect, especially 

 F. Sieholdi and widulata variegata. Of L. umhellatum I would recom- 

 mend the varieties — crectiim, ' Cloth of Gold,' cjrandiflomm, and incom- 

 parabile ; of L. Thunhergianum — atrosaiiguineum, alutacciim, ' Prince of 

 Orange,' hrevifolium, and the new ' Orange Queen.' 



Lilium tenuifolium (fig. 216) is a gem amongst miniature Lilies, and 

 of the greatest possible use for early work. I have found it start very 



* R.H.S. JoimiaL vol. xxv., p. 98. 



