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form the name of which first occurred in the catalogue of Mr. F. E. Brown, 

 nurseryman, of Windsor, about the year 1838, has since that time been 

 cultivated by the Dutch. While different works of reference give 

 Lilium Brownii&s a native of China, the fact remains that, much as that 

 country has been explored of late, it has not, to my knowledge, been 

 found there. Various allied forms have been imported, but not the 

 Dutchman's Lillian Brownii. This last is a very beautiful lily that 

 flowers, as a rule, in June. In the first place the bulbs are very distinct, 

 having a narrow base from which they gradually widen upwards to an 

 almost flat top. They are usually more or less tinged with reddish brown. 

 The lower part of the stem, which is of a purplish hue, is leafless for 

 some little distance, the leaves which clothe the upper portion being long, 

 narrow, sharp- pointed, of a deep green tint, and recurving in a graceful 

 manner. The large trumpet-shaped flowers are of an unusually thick, 

 wax-like texture ; inside they are ivory-white, but heavily suffused with 

 chocolate on the outside of the three outer segments, so that the un- 

 opened buds are entirely of a reddish-brown hue, that is, when they have 

 been grown in a spot fully exposed to the sun. The dark- brown anthers 

 are very conspicuous against the white interior of the flower, which in 

 showery weather is quickly discoloured thereby. — E. T. C. 



Lilium candidum, Bulbil Generation on. By A. Vigier [B&v. 



Hort. September 1, 1906, p. 406).— The flowering stems of Lilium 

 candidum if severed just above the soil and treated as cuttings in sand, 

 the floral bud being suppressed, produce numerous bulbils in the axils 

 both in the soil and in the air. It is suggested that rarer lilies might 

 lend themselves to propagation in the same way. — C. T. D. 



Lilium candidum, Fertility of. By Paul Passy (Bco. Hurt. 

 November 1, 1906, p. 506).- -Author reports that the white lily in his 

 locality (not named) fruits freely and regularly, and under varied con- 

 ditions of soil and exposure. — C. T. D. 



Lilium candidum, Fructification of. By L. Henry (Bev. Hurt. 

 April 1, 1906, pp. 158-160; fig.).— -Some interesting remarks on the 

 rarity of seed production in the species and modes of inducing it. 

 The theory is advanced that the reproductive system is not at fault and 

 the seeds are duly fertilised, the requisite energy, however, is subsequently 

 diverted to form buds on the bulbs and the seed consequently fails. 

 Seed may be fully developed if the stalks be severed at the base and 

 suspended upside down, or the bulb may be exposed and all the scales 

 and bulbils removed, leaving the stalks attached to the roots. By either 

 of these means the reproductive energy becomes concentrated and seeds 

 capable of germination are produced. The vicinity of L. testaceum 

 to spontaneously fertile examples of L. candidum has been remarked, but 

 no evidence of crossing is given. — C. T. D. 



Lilium Duchartri. By C. H. Wright {Bot. Mag. tab. 8072).— 

 Western and Central China. Nat. ord. Liliaceae ; tribe Tulipeae. Herb, 

 about 3 feet high. Flowers nodding, 3 inches across, white, tinged with 

 rose externally, finely spotted with rose inside. — Cf. II. 



