LIL'IUM LON GIFLO'RUM. 
LONG-FLOWERED LILY. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
TULIP ACE JE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
China. 
1 foot. 
June, July. 
Perennial. 
in 1820. 
No. 532. 
Leirion, of the Greeks, whence our Lily of the 
New Testament, is the name of a plant which can- 
not, now, be identified. 
It were almost needless to offer a remark in com- 
mendation of any species of Lily. They are, every 
one of them, objects of beauty, even in the estima- 
tion of the most uncultivated mind. This species, 
which is not very generally known, produces its 
hold and elegant flowers at the termination of its 
stem ; sometimes one, and sometimes two. It is 
not excelled in delicacy, and elegance of shape, by 
any species with which we are acquainted. 
Our plant has grown, for three years, in common 
earth, and has never exceeded a foot in height ; but, 
in light peat, we are informed, it has been known to 
attain the height of two feet. Where peat is not off 
easy access, the soil, for the Lilium longiflorum, 
should be rendered light and dry, by an admixture 
of sand. It is, sometimes, kept in pots, for the con- 
venience of protection in the cold frame, which it 
may probably require in very severe winters. It 
does not increase much, but occasionally offset bulbs 
may be removed. 
Class. 
HEXANDRIA. 
Bot. Reg. 560. 
