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THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
are at least a dozen varieties, all very beautiful. They are 
alutaceum, apricot, spotted black ; atrosanguineum, deep red, 
spotted black ; aurantiacum verum, citron yellow ; Beautiful 
Star, orange-red ; bicolor, orange-red and yellow ; flore pleno, 
red, semi-double ; Marmoratum aureus, orange-yellow, spotted 
crimson ; Orange Queen, bright orange, dark spots ; ornatum, 
orange-yellow, spotted black ; Prince of Orange, apricot-yellow ; 
sanguineum, light red, black spots ; The Sultan, dark crimson ; 
Van Houttei, crimson ; venustum, orange-yellow ; venustum 
macranthum, clear orange ; and Wilsoni, apricot-yellow, spotted 
purple, 2ft. L. Grayi is a native of N. Carolina, grows 4ft. 
high, and bears dark red bell-shaped flowers, spotted with 
purple, in July. L. Hansoni is a native of Japan, has rich 
golden-yellow flowers, spotted with black borne in July, and 
grows 3 to 4ft. high. L. Henryi is another Japanese species, 
growing 3 to 6ft. high, and bearing in August and September 
deep orange-yellow flowers. L. Humboldtii comes from Cali- 
fornia, has golden-yellow flowers, spotted with purple, borne 
in July, and grows 4 to 5ft. high. Magnificum is a splendid 
variety of it with spikes 4 to 5ft. high, carrying golden flowers 
stained with purple. L. japonicum is a Japanese species of 
delicate constitution. It bears ivory-white, funnel-shaped, 
fragrant flowers in July, and grows 2ft. high. Colchesterense 
is a better form of it with creamy-yellow flowers, changing to 
white; L. Kelloggii is a new species, growing 2 to 3ft. high, 
and bearing pinkish flowers with recurved petals in July. L. 
kewense is a hybrid, bearing buff-coloured flowers shading to 
creamy-white in July. It grows 4 to 6ft. high. L. Krameri is 
of Japanese origin, has pink flowers borne in July, and grows 
2ift. high : L. Leitchlinii also hails from Japan, has citron- 
yellow flowers, spotted with purple, borne in August, and 
grows 3 to 4ft. high. L. longiflorum has white trumpet-shaped 
flowers borne in August ; height 2 to 3ft. A native of Japan. 
The following are varieties of it : Harrisii (Bermuda Lily), with 
white flowers 8 to ioin. long and 4 to 6ir. wide at the mouth ; 
Takesima grandiflorum, flowers white inside and brown out- 
side ; and Wilsoni, very large white flowers. L. Marhan is a 
hybrid with flowers of a clear orange, spotted and streaked 
with reddish-brown. It flowers in July, and grows 4 to 5ft. 
high. Ellen Willmott is a more robust variety of the latter. 
L. maritimum is a Californian lily, with small rich red flowers 
spotted with purple. It grows 2ft. high and flowers in July. 
L. Martagon (Turk’s Cap Lily) is a European species long- 
grown in English gardens. It bears purplish-red and carmine- 
spotted flowers with recurved petals, and blooms in July. 
Height, 3ft. Album is a variety with pure white waxy flowers. 
Dalmaticum is another form, growing 5 to 6ft. high, and 
