Plate 105 . 
LILIUM KRAMERIANUM, OR KRAMERI. 
The recently revived taste for the very beautiful and varied class of Lilies has occasioned 
the introduction of many new, and the reintroduction of many scarce and almost forgotten 
species. Japan and North America have furnished a very large portion of these novelties, 
and we doubt not that the enterprise and skill of our modern horticulturists will he rewarded 
by many additions to a tribe so fragrant, so beautiful and varied, and possessing so many 
claims on the attention of all who love a garden. They are perfectly hardy, the flowers are 
admirably adapted for cutting, as they last a long while ; they form beautiful effects in the 
conservatory, and when planted in American-borders amongst Rhododendrons and other 
plants of a similar character, they are very effective — 4hese are surely recommendations 
entitling them to a large share of popular favour. 
Messrs. Teutschel and Co., of Colchester, as agents for Messrs. Kramer, of Yokohama, 
have been the means of introducing many fine species of Lilies, and amongst them we 
may fairly class the very beautiful one which we now figure. It was exhibited last year at 
Kensington, and received a first-class certificate from the Floral Committee of the Royal 
Horticultural Society, where it attracted considerable attention, suggesting the idea of a 
natural hybrid between longijlorum and auratum. It bears a considerable resemblance to 
the latter Lily, both in shape and size, but has neither spot nor central band ; the petals are 
suffused with a light delicate pink blush. Mr. Kramer writes, “Amongst them are some new 
and startling varieties of all colours, from a pure white to a rich rose or mauve tint. When 
well cultivated at home, it will make a charming Lily.” 
Plate 106 . 
BILLBERGIA SAUNDERSII. 
The Bromeliads, to which family Billbergia belongs, is one composed of plants of 
singular form and appearance. We have already in our plates of /Echmea Mar ice regina, 
Vriesia brachgstachgs, and Tillandsia Lindeni, given illustrations of some of the genera, and we 
now add from the extensive collection of Mr. W. Bull the present plate of Billbergia 
Saundersii. 
The cultivation of this class of plants is, for those who are possessed of a stove, by no 
means difficult ; they should be grown in a compost composed of light loam, peat, sand, and 
a little leaf mould. Owing to their habit of growth, the centre of the plant is hollow and 
capable of holding water, and it is well to pour some into this central hollow. As the beauty 
of these plants consists greatly in their gorgeously-coloured bracts, they remain in perfection 
a long time, and are therefore well suited for decoration for the house or table. 
Billbergia Saundersii is, says Mr. Bull, a very distinct epiphytal perennial, the leaves of 
which are few in number and embrace each other in a tubulose manner at the base ; they 
are dull green on the upper surface, the lower surface and the cylindrical portion purplish, 
scattered over with unequal whitish blotches, which are also apparent on the upper surface ; 
the flowers are in slender, half-nodding racemes, a foot long, the scapes being furnished with 
long crimson bracts ; those of the inflorescence loose and spreading, the calyx deep dull 
Crimson, and the corolla, which extends one inch and a half beyond it, indigo blue towards 
the tip ; the anthers are orange-coloured ; it comes from Bahia. 
Billbergia Saundersii has been recently introduced by Mr. Bull, and has been announced 
by him for the first time, in his catalogue, just published. 
