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NOTES ON LILIES. 
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rantium, bulbiferum, umbellatum , kamtschatense , pennsylvanicum, and, perhaps, 
some others. The varieties are numerous, and some of them are as intense 
in colour as the finest Ghent Azaleas. They are for the most part very 
hardy. L. pennsylvanicum is an elegant miniature form of the common 
Orange Lily, hut specifically different. It thrives well in light peaty earth. 
L. candidum has been loved as the Lily, par excellence , by many gene¬ 
rations. It has long been associated with pictures of the Virgin, 
The Lily of Eden’s fragrant shade.” 
For simple statuesque beauty it is, perhaps, unrivalled in the empire of 
Flora. Only the single variety ought to be cultivated. It thrives per¬ 
fectly in light and moderately dry soils. To show the capricious effects of 
situation, I may mention that, to my great regret, I cannot keep this 
favourite Lily. Being a semi-herbaceous plant, or rather having green 
leaves above ground, it is regularly killed by damps and frosts in winter. 
Its congeners, L. longiflorum and japonicum, with their numerous varieties 
which are daily increasing, are surpassingly beautiful plants, but they are 
rather tender for the general climate of Great Britain. They afford ad¬ 
mirable decoration for greenhouses and conservatories; and where there is 
room a store of them should be kept in cold frames or pits. For several 
summers I have plunged out L. longiflorum , and repotted it in autumn. It 
is needful to reiDlace it in the pots before the leaves have withered, for pre¬ 
vious to that stage the young shoots for next year start from the bulbs, 
and then the fibrous roots are injured by the lifting. My success has not 
been great; probably the plan would succeed better in the south. 
L. excelsum, or what I got for it from an eminent London nurseryman, 
has thriven well with me. It is quite hardy. It throws up a stem 4 feet 
high, which hitherto has been crowned by a single shallow bell of consider¬ 
able size. The colour is pure white, but the interior of the petals is often 
soiled in wet weather by the abundant brown pollen, which I suppose ac¬ 
counts for the nursery synonymes, L. testaceum, isabellinum , &c. It is 
an attractive plant, but not equal to its great Himalayan compatriot 
L. giganteum. The latter has repeatedly stood the winter and flowered in 
the open air, in the nursery of Messrs. Dickson & Co., Edinburgh, who 
have also raised many plants from seeds saved in this country. It is a 
great seed-bearer, and it is to be hoped that in the hands of hybridisers it 
will yet yield magnificent results. 
I say nothing of the gorgeous and well-known L. auratum; and as to 
the scarcely inferior L. speciosum, or lancifolium as it is often called, I refer 
to two excellent papers by “ Hesperus,” published some months ago in 
the Journal of Horticulture. 
Who will tell us something of L. carolinianum, concolor , croceum, pumi- 
lum, monadelphum (of the “ Botanical Magazine ”), tenuifolium, pseudo-tigri- 
