THE CULTIVATION OF HARDY LILIES IN GREAT BRITAIN. 
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great plenty we have no doubt the white 
were the greatest favourites at the time, and 
from their richness and delicacy they should be 
the favourites now, in all flower gardens. But 
there has been many additions to the family 
of hardy lilies. The following may be con- 
sidered the most perfect list that can be given 
of the hardy kinds. Those which require pro- 
tection will be the subject of a future notice. 
Lilium Andinum, from North America, 
bearing a scarlet flower in July. 
Lilium Aurantium, from Italy, bearing an 
orange-coloured flower in June. 
Lilium Aurantium flore pleno, from 
Italy, bearing a dark orange-coloured flower 
in June. 
Lilium Aurantium minus, from Italy, 
bearing an orange-coloured flower in June. 
Lilium Aurantium variegatum, from Italy, 
bearing a dark orange-coloured flower in June. 
Lilium Bulbiferum, from Italy, bearing 
an orange-coloured flower in June. 
Lilium Bulbiferum minus, from Italy, 
bearing an orange-coloured flower in June. 
Lilium Bulbiferum umbellatum, bearing 
an orange-coloured flower in June. 
Lilium Bulbiferum variegatum, bearing an 
orange-coloured flower in June. 
Lilium Buschianum, from Siberia, bearing 
an orange-coloured flower in June. 
Lilium Canadense, from North America, 
bearing a light orange-coloured flower in 
July. 
Lilium Canadense rubrum, from North 
America, bearing an orange-coloured flower 
in July. 
Lilium Candidum, from the Levant, bear- 
ing a white flower in June. 
Lilium Candidum spicatum, bearing white 
flowers in June. 
Lilium Candidum striatum, bearing white 
flowers in June. 
Lilium Candidum variegatum, bearing 
white flowers in June. 
Lilium Carolinianum, from North Ame- 
rica, called also Lilium Autumnale, bearing 
orange-coloured flowers in July. 
Lilium Catesbcei, from China, bearing scar- 
let flowers in July. 
Lilium Chalcedonicum, from the Levant, 
bearing scarlet flowers in July. 
Lilium Concolor, from China, bearing red 
flowers in July. 
Lilium Eroceum, bearing yellow flowers 
in July. 
Lilium Glabrum, bearing orange flowers 
in June. 
Lilium Japonicum, from China, bearing 
white flowers in July. 
Lilium Latifolium, from some parts of 
Europe, bearing orange-coloured flowers in 
July. 
Lilium Long folium, from China, bearing 
white flowers in May. 
Lilium Martagon, from Germany, bearing 
a purple flower in July. 
Lilium Martagon albo pleno, from Ger- 
many, bearing a white flower in July. 
Lilium Martagon pubescens, from Ger- 
many, bearing an orange-coloured flower in 
June. 
Lilium Martagon sepalis albis, from Ger- 
many, bearing a white flower in July. 
Lilium Martagon sepalis plurimis, garden 
variety, bearing a purple flower in July. 
Lilium Monadelphum, from the Caucasus, 
bearing a yellow flower in June. 
Lilium Nepalense, from Nepal, bearing a 
white flower in July. 
Lilium Penduliflorum, from North Ame- 
rica, bearing a copper-coloured flower in 
June. 
Lilium Peregrinum, from the Cape of 
Good Hope, bearing a white flower in June. 
Lilium Philadelphicum, from North Ame- 
rica, bearing a scarlet flower in July, 
Lilium Pomponium, from Siberia, bearing 
a red flower in May. 
Lilium Pomponium flore pleno, bearing a 
red flower in June. 
Lilium Pumilum, from Dauria, bearing a 
scarlet flower in July. 
Lilium Pyrenaicum, from the Pyrenees, 
bearing a dark orange flower in July. 
Lilium Pyrenaicum flore pleno, bearing a 
yellow flower in July. 
Lilium Sibiricum, from Siberia, bearing a 
yellow flower in July. 
Lilium Speciosum, from Japan, bearing an 
orange-coloured flower in August ; called also, 
Lilium Lancifolium. 
Lilium Spectabile, from Dauria, bearing a 
light orange-coloured flower in June ; called 
also, Lilium Pennsylvanicum. 
Lilium Tenuifolium, from Siberia, bearing 
a scarlet flower in June. 
Lilium Tigrinum, from China, bearing an 
orange-coloured flower in July. 
The various forms of the Lily might 
almost be said to divide them into families, 
but they have been added to so repeatedly, 
from time to time, that were we to go by 
the form alone, many of the new varieties 
would claim a place among some that are 
unlike them in anything but form. There 
are some that will, from their plentifulness, 
continue to be grown in large numbers, and 
these may be classed a little. 
First, there is the old White Lily {Fig. 1,) 
bearing a spike of bold white flowers, almost 
erect; these have broad petals, and form a 
noble figure in the gardens. Of these there 
are many subvarieties. 
The next, and it is a large family, is the 
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