Although we have had most of the new California Lilies on trial for a number of years, 
we have been rather slow in introducing them to the notice of our readers, for reasons previ- 
ously stated. There is great pleasure in testing comparatively untried plants and bulbs, some- 
what the same kind of feeling we experience in travel- 
ing a new road or visiting a strange country. We would 
deprive no one of this pleasurable excitement, yet we 
cannot forget the fact that many of our friends have but 
little money with which to indulge their love for the 
beautiful, and we feel exceedingly anxious that this little 
should be invested to the best possible advantage. 
To three Lilies that are favorites with us we wish to 
call special attention. They are Thunbergianum atrosan- 
guineiun grandijlorum, Thun- 
LILIUM THUNBERGIANUM. 
bergianui?i atrosanguineum ftil- 
gens and Thunbergianum citri- 
num. They are all grand 
flowers, bearing immense num- 
bers of blossoms, continuing a 
good season in bloom, healthy 
and vigorous, and increase rapid- 
ly in numbers ; certainly an array 
of good qualities that should 
recommend them to general cul- 
ture, and yet they are not seen in 
our gardens. 
Thunbergianum atrosanguineum grandijloricm is a very robust plant, growing only about 
thirty inches in height. The leaves are narrow, dark in color, thickly set, and no Lily we are 
acquainted with makes a more vigorous, healthy growth. The flowers are about four inches 
across, and are borne in immense clusters. The one from which our little engraving was taken 
had twenty open flowers and as many buds. The color is a very deep red — the darkest of all 
the red Lilies. 
Thtmbergianuj7i atrosanguineum fulgens 
is like the preceding in habit, a few inches 
shorter, the clusters of flowers not quite so 
large, while the color is a curious mottling 
or different shades of red. 
Thunbergianum citrinum 
grows only about eighteen 
inches in height. The flowers 
are generally larger than either 
of the two preceding varieties, 
and the color we hardly know 
how to describe. It is some- 
thing between a cream and 
salmon, and one of the best 
of the light colored Lilies. 
The engravings of the plants 
show the comparative differ- ' 
ence in height between the 
Citrinum and Atrosanguineum. 
Our last engraving shows the old Tiger Lily, that everybody knows. It is still as good as 
some of the varieties we have tried, and which are claimed to be improvements upon this old 
fashioned flower. 
Our native Canadense or superbum is a goodly Lily, improves by cultivation, and deserves 
an honorable place in every collection of Lilies. 
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TIGER LILY. 
The flower shows the form of both, but much reduced in size. 
