LIL'IUM MARTAGON. 
Variety: album. 
WHITE MARTAGON. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
TDLIPACEA5. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
Germ any 
2 feet. 
June, July. 
Perennial. 
in 1596. 
No. 426. 
The Greeks are supposed to have derived their 
leirion, a Lily, from Leios, handsome. Respect- 
ing the word Martagon, we know nothing that is 
satisfactory. It was imported with some of the 
Martagon Lilies, in the sixteenth century, and may 
have been a provincialism, although it has been said 
to have been a name of Matthiolus. 
The Dutch, who excel in the growth of all sorts of 
bulbs, have not been idle in regard to the Lilium 
martagon. They have raised seedling varieties of 
various shades of colour, some single and some dou- 
ble, but still none possessing any peculiar attractions, 
which may account for very few being met with in 
English gardens. A good, and well arranged, col- 
lection of hardy Lilies, is very desirable. They oc- 
cupy little space, and occasion little trouble ; and to 
mention their beauty were quite superfluous. 
The white variety of Martagon is of somewhat 
more delicate habit than the common ; and altogether 
of smaller growth. When grown in peat, we have 
observed that it produced numerous small offsets, 
but its flowering stems were usually weak. It suc- 
ceeds best in a sandy loam. 
Hort. Kew. 2, v. 2, 242. 
Class. 
H EX AN DR1 A. 
