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JS'ew Japan Lilies. 
lancifolium punciatum, or roseum. All these have reflexed 
petals, and may be briefly described as follows: 
LILIUM SPECIOSUM. 
Showy Crimson Japan Lily. 
Fig. 10. 
Flower, ground color, clear rose, shading to white, covered 
with numerous projections of bright crimson, and which gives it 
the appearance, as Dr. Lindley remarks, of being "all rugged, with 
rubies and garnets and crystal points;" a plant of two to three 
feet in height. 
LILUnVI LANCIFOLIUM ALBUM. 
While Lancc-haved Lily. 
Flower, pure virgin white, crested w'ith the same peculiar pro- 
jections as the former species, but these are without color, and 
which may be compared to frost work and snowy stalactites; 
grows to the height of three or four feet. 
LILIUM LANCIFOLIUM PUNCTATUM, OR ROSEUM. 
Spotted Lance-lcaved Lily. 
Flower large, white; the petals studded M'ith pale rose or 
blush projections and beautifully spotted with rose-color. The 
