HARDY BULBS AND TUBERS. 
271 
bearing light to dark purple flowers. L. monadelphum is a 
beautiful Caucasican lily, growing 4 to 5ft. high, and bearing 
bright yellow flowers tinted with red in June. Szovitsianum 
or colchicum is a variety of it with straw-yellow and black 
spotted flowers. L. pardalinum (Leopard Lily) is an attrac- 
tive Californian species, bearing bright orange flowers, spotted 
with crimson, in July. It grows 4 to 6ft. high, and is one 
of the showiest garden lilies. There are several varieties of it, 
viz., Bourgaei, crimson-orange and maroon ; californicum, deep 
orange and maroon ; Johnsoni, flowers prettily spotted ; 
Michauxi, flowering in August ; and minor, orange, black and 
crimson. L. Parryi is a charming lily from California. It 
bears highly fragrant citron-yellow and chocolate-brown nod- 
ding flowers in July, and grows 3 to 4ft. high. L. parvum is 
a graceful species, with canary-yellow and red flowers borne 
in June, and growing 4 to 5ft. high. L. philadelphicum is 
another pretty species. It has yellow, maroon and scarlet 
flowers borne in July, and grows only i8in. high. L. pom- 
ponum verum has rich scarlet Turk’s Cap-like flowers borne 
in June, and grows 3ft. high. The flowers have a strong odour, 
not always pleasing. L. pyrenaicum (Pyrenean Lily) is 
another strongly-scented species, with yellow flowers spotted 
with black. Blooms in June. Height 2ft. L. Roezli is a Cali- 
fornian species. It grows 2 to 3ft. high, and bears' brilliant 
orange-red flowers spotted with purple in June. L. rubellum 
comes from Japan, bears rosy-pink flowers, which are pleas- 
ingly fragrant, in June, and grows 4ft. high. L. rubescens is 
similar to L. washingtonianum, and has white or pinkish-white 
flowers borne in June. L. speciosum, a native of Japan, is 
one of the most popular lilies in cultivation. The following 
forms of it are exceedingly showy and beautiful : Album 
Kraetzeri, pure white with a band of green down each petal ; 
novum, pure white petals and golden anthers ; compactum, 
flowers very highly coloured ; cruentum, also richly coloured ; 
macranthum, deep rose ; magnificum, rich ruby carmine and 
white flowers, 6in. across, very fine ; Melpomene, dark 
crimson-purple ; roseum superbum, large rose flowers ; album, 
white ; rubrum, white and crimson ; and punctatum, white and 
pink. The foregoing flow'er in August and September, and 
grow 4 to 5ft. high. L. sulphureum is a new species, with 
large tubular-shaped flowers, yellow inside and brown without. 
Flowers in September and grows 5 to 6ft. high. L. superbum 
(Swamp Lily) comes from the United States, and is a very 
handsome species. It has orange-crimson and violet-purple 
spotted flowers borne in July and August. Height 6 to 7ft. L. 
tenuifolium is a Siberian species, with graceful foliage and 
scarlet flowers borne in June. Height i8in. L. tigrinum 
