Plate 116 . 
NEW JAPANESE LILY. 
Lilium (nova species). 
When it was announced that so experienced a collector as 
Mr. Robert Fortune was, on the opening out of Japan to Eu¬ 
ropean enterprise, about to proceed to that island for the pur¬ 
pose of ransacking its floral treasures, and that a young and 
ardent botanist, Mr. J. G. Veitch, was engaged in the same ob¬ 
ject, expectations were high as to the result of their journey. 
Nor have these expectations been disappointed, for a large ac¬ 
cession of plants, new to our greenhouses and gardens, has 
proved how diligent they have been. The jealousy of the Ja¬ 
panese, however, hindered much exploration into the interior, 
and the productions sent home have mainly been obtained from 
Jeddo, or from the Japanese nurseries, which abound in the vi¬ 
cinity of that city. 
As Japan had already supplied us with those very beautiful 
Lilies of the lancifolium group, which are such universal fa- 
vourites, it was naturally expected that we might obtain fur¬ 
ther additions; and any one who saw the beautiful Lilium 
auratum , exhibited by Messrs. Veitch, and which is also in the 
possession of Mr. John Standish, of Bagshot, would at once say 
that it was the most interesting flower exhibited this year. 
Lilium Fortunii , a beautiful yellow Turk’s-cap flower, is also 
likely to be much prized; and the one now figured, although 
neither so showy nor so novel as either of the others, will espe¬ 
cially (if hardy, which it is likely to be) be of considerable 
value, from its dwarf habit, for the borders of American beds, 
and similar places. 
It will be seen that this new species is of rather an unusual 
form, consisting, as it does, of a double row of petals, the outer 
ones reflexing, and the inner row standing semi-erect. The 
