Plates 509 , 510 . 
LILIUM LITCHLINII AND LILIUM 
TIGRINUM SPLENDENS. 
Amongst those flowers which are coming into favour we think 
that we may fairly class the beautiful tribe of Lilies. We have 
lately figured one of those recently introduced amongst us; and 
now, by the kind permission of Mr. G. F. Wilson and Mr. Bull, 
we figure two which have been exhibited by them at South 
Kensington, and are happy to be able to give also the following 
notes from the former gentleman, certainly our most enthu- 
siastic amateur of these plants : — 
“ I have found the best soil for Lilies to be a mixture of two- 
thirds of fibrous peat and one-third of good loam with a top 
dressing of well rotted manure. I have grown Lilium Litchlinii 
both in pots in a cold orchard house, and in a lily bed in the 
open air in a sheltered place, — this gives a succession of flowers. 
The large varieties of L. Tigrinum I have grown both in pots, a 
number massed together in a bed, and one or two bulbs planted 
out in Rhododendron beds, and in shrubby borders. These two 
last modes of planting best show the beauty of shade of the fine, 
tall, wide-spreading head in the greatest perfection. And as the 
L. Tigrinum splendens and L. Tigrinum Fortunei both flower about 
a month later than the old L. Tigrinum , they come in at an accep- 
table time. 
“The L. Tigrinum sglendens of which Mr. Van Houtte last 
year sent over flowers, had larger spots than those in any I have 
