LILIES. 
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L. Dalhansoni (fig. 2G) and Marhan are two good additions, but still not 
superior to either parent. Lilium Excelsum or Testaceum is said to be a 
hybrid between Chalcedonicum and Candidum, raised by the late M. van 
Houtte. This is decidedly an addition to our gardens. It is rather 
curious, considering what an advance has been made in the improvement 
of so many plants, that the Lily should stand to-day practically the same 
as when first discovered in a wild state. It almost seems as if nature 
was satisfied with her own work, and refused to have it improved by man. 
I believe that Mr. Luther Burbank, of California, has been experimenting 
in a large way in Lily hybridisation, and perhaps shortly we shall have 
Fig. 26. — L. Dalhansoni (Hansoni x Dalmaticum). 
This Illustration is ty;pical of the growth of all Alartagon Lilies. 
some startling developments. Nor have any great number of new Lilies 
been introduced to cultivation of late years, as compared with twenty years 
back ; but amongst new introductions L. Henryi, I think, stands first. 
This has proved to be a thoroughly good doer under all conditions. L. 
Wallichianum Superbum or Ochroleucum from Burmah is another grand 
Lily, perfectly hardy. L. Lowi, also from Burmah, has a good constitution. 
L. Rubellum is very distinct and pretty ; but I must say it so far has been, 
on the whole, disappointing. Dr. Henry, in addition to his namesake, has 
found several new Lilies, some of which, in the way of Browni, have 
been flowered at Kew, and are spoken of very highly. I also bear of two, 
if not three, distinct new species from California. So, thanks to plant 
