LILIUM HUMBOLDTII. 
to deep purplish pink. We have this Lily in flower, growing from four to five feet in height, 
and bearing over twenty flowers each. Flowers two inches in length and the same in breadth. 
The engravings show a flower just opened, and also the 
habit of the plant, both, as in all our Lily engravings, 
much reduced. Having spent the summer of 1874 in 
California, mainly for the purpose of examining the Lilies 
of the country, and learning all we could of their habits 
and true names, we feel prepared to offer 
the Lilies of the Pacific coast to our cus- 
tomers with confidence. The Washing- 
tonianum we have flowered for a number 
of years, and we think our bulbs are 
sound and healthy, though we would say 
to all to whom money is an object, and 
failure would prove a disappointment, 
procure but one or two of these new Cali- 
fornia Lilies, just for trial. If they suc- 
ceed you will be delighted, and if any fail 
the loss will not be serious. Set the 
bulbs down not less than six inches. 
The Bl9bmerianum, or HumboldHi, is a 
pretty yellowish Lily, with large brown spots, a native of California, and which we found grow- 
ing mostly in shady places and near the banks of running streams. It is a very desirable Lily. 
About four feet in height. It was named Bloomerianum after a worthy Botanist of California, 
our late friend Bloomer, by that enterprising and 
whole-souled collector, Dr. Kellogg, with whom 
we have spent many pleasant hours ; but by some it 
is thought to have been previously discovered by 
ROEZL, and named in honor of Baron Humboldt. 
Plant this and all California Lilies deep, certainly 
not less than six inches, and we think this variety 
might well be grown in partial shade. A good 
mulching the first season after planting is very desir- 
able, not only for this variety, but for all the Lilies. 
We are apt to think because a plant is a native of a 
warm, dry country, that it can endure any amount 
of heat, but we often find that such plants, in a natural state, grow in shady nooks and ravines 
and on mountain sides, constantly watered by cool springs. 
The Pardalinum is a California Lily, very much like our Canadense and Superbum, but 
of clearer yellow and brighter red. It is a very good small Lily, 
growing in large clusters, and very handsome. The lower half of 
each petal is yellow, spotted with brown, the upper half red, almost 
crimson, giving the flower a very marked appearance. The foliage 
is lanceolate, that is, very narrow lance-shaped leaves, and we have 
never seen a plant or bulb, or even leaf, that was not 
entirely healthful. 
Liliuni parvum is a small California Lily, and 
one of the prettiest veiy small varieties we are ac- 
quainted with. The engraving at the left shows the 
size of the flower, which is dark yellow, ornamented 
with small reddish dots. The small engraving will 
give something of an idea of the habit of the plant. 
It does not usually exceed eighteen inches in height. 
It seems to be perfectly healthy, and we do not re- 
bed of several thousands. 
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LILIUM PARDALINUM. 
LILIUM PARVUM FLOWER. 
member having seen one sickly plant in 
