LIL'IUM CON'COLOR. 
SELF-COLOURED LILY. 
Class. Order. 
HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
TULIPACEiE. 
Native of 
Heig-ht. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
China. 
2 feet. 
July. 
Perennial. 
in 1806. 
No. 617. 
The word Lily, deduced from leirion, has been 
previously noticed. The Latin word, Concolor, 
signifies of the same colour. 
Our present plant should not be mistaken for 
any of the Martagons, from which it differs widely; 
its petals are more free and open ; and, as its name 
indicates, are of one colour, — devoid of spots or 
other variegation. It occupies very little space, 
having a neat upright growth, like most others of 
the same genus ; and grows freely, in light sandy 
earth, where well protected from excess of mois- 
ture. For several years after its introduction to this 
country, it was cultivated, as a greenhouse plant, 
but has subsequently proved quite hardy ; notwith- 
standing which, it is rarely met with, excepting 
in extensive botanical establishments. 
Our readers need not be informed that a com- 
plete collection of Lilies is a novelty in the gar- 
dens of amateur cultivators, a circumstance, which 
may charitably be presumed to have depended 
on oversight, since the beauty of Lilies is prover- 
bial, and the care which they demand is unimpor- 
tant. It must, however, be confessed, as very pro- 
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