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LILIUM testaceum. 
Yellow Japan Lily. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Liliace^e. 
LILITJM, Botanical Register, vol. 2 . fol, 132. 
Sect. Martagon. Perigonii foliola sessilia, revoluta, sulco nectarifero 
distincta. Endl. gen. 141. 
L. testaceum ', foliis sparsis lanceolatis, floribus cernuis terminalibus pedun- 
culis rigidis bievioribus, perigonii foliolis intus lseviusculis v. pardm 
papillosis staminibus multo longioribus. 
L. testaceum. Bot. Reg. 1842, misc. 51. 
Vi ith the exception of the short notice in our work, last 
) eai > in fh® place above quoted., we find no account of this 
plant, our figure of which was made in the nursery of Messrs. 
Rollissons, of Tooting, in June last. 
It is said to be a Japanese species, and although very infe- 
rior in point of beauty to L. speciosum, Thunbergianum, and 
their varieties, is a plant that well deserves to be cultivated. 
It is a handsome frame or half-hardy bulb, growing best 
w ben planted out in a cold pit, where the bulbs can be kept 
dry during winter. 
It should be planted in the pit in autumn, or very early in 
spring, and when once established should not be afterwards 
disturbed, for all these plants suffer injury by removal, in 
consequence of the loss of their tender perennial fibres, and 
by the bulbs becoming dry. 
Whether planted or potted, the bulbs should be placed 
rather deep, because they make fibres above the bulb as well 
as below it ; and when they must be shifted it should be done 
while they are dormant. The greatest care should be taken 
during the operation of turning them out of the pots, and 
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