August 1, 1903. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
G57 
Lilium Elegans. 
As a species, L. elegans has been most confused with L. 
thunbergianum, but the latter is merely a synonym, and there 
are several others besides. The stem grows about 1 ft, high, 
and is thickly clothed with leaves to the number of twenty or 
thirty, which are live to seven nerved, and 2 in. to 4 in. long, 
the upper ones being shorter. Usually, the stem terminates 
in a solitary dower, but sometimes there are two or more. 
The flower is usually 3 in. to 34 in. long, when fully developed 
measuring 5 in. or 6 in. in expanse, orange-red in colour, and 
slightly lamellated and papillose near the base, with occasion¬ 
ally a few crimson spots. Except in the matter of height, this 
strongly recalls L. dauricum, the strong-growing red Lily from 
Siberia, but the flower is much less lamellated than in that 
species, and usually hasi a more refined appearance. 
About the first week in July is the usual time for its 
commencing to flower. 
L. e. Peter Barr. 
L. elegans is a very variable species of Japanese 
Lily, and many varieties of it have been named, but as 
far as we have seen the new L. e. Peter Barr is the 
largest of them. The r flowers measure 7 in. across, 
without being spread out, but the individual segments 
are 4-4 in. to 5 in. long, and the inner ones in the finer 
forms at least 2 in. across. The flowers vary sorne- 
what from different bulbs in the breadth of the seg¬ 
ments. Those of the plant we have figured -were of 
the dimensions given. This flower we had from Messrs. 
Barr and Sons, 11, 12, and 13, Ring Street, Covent 
Garden. As recorded in another column, the variety 
was exhibited at the Drill Hall on the 21st ult., and re¬ 
ceived an Award of Merit, Thei colour was of a rich 
golden-apricot, flushed with orange and having a. few 
crimson spots below the middle. Like most of the 
varieties of this species, the stems are' dwarf and densely 
covered with dark green glossy leaves. 
The various forms of L. elegans come into bloom 
during the month of July, but the new variety, judging 
from its behaviour this year, at least, is about a fort¬ 
night later, thus tending to keep up a succession. 
L. e. bicolor. 
This is even more leafy than in the type, the leaves 
being narrow and crowded upon the stem to the number 
of forty. Tire special feature of the variety is that 
the flowers have two colours on each segment, the 
centre being yellow, with a broad red border at either 
side. This variety also has the recommendation of 
broader segments than in most of the old varieties. 
The inner segments measure 14 in. to If in. This does 
not, however, equal the dimensions of L. e. Peter 
Ban - in its best form. 
large, widely-opened flowers of a pure lemon-yellow. Not all 
of them, however, are so distinct as this, as some of the forms 
placed under this name are darker in colour and tend towards 
L. e. armeniacum. 
L. e. fulgens. 
In its best form the flowers of this variety are of a brilliant 
red, almost without spots, lamellae or papillae. 
L. e, venustum macranthum. 
The above differs from the typical L. e. venustum by being 
larger, of a more decided orange or orange-yellow, with a few 
very small specks a little above the base, and the lamellae are 
scarcely at all pronounced. 
L. e. Alice Wilson. 
In this we have a rare variety, with broad segments and a 
L. e. alutaceum. 
The above is one of the most pleasing varieties that 
has come under our notice, the flowers being of a. beauti¬ 
ful soft apricot, with numerous small purple spots: below 
the middle. The segments in this case seldom measure over 
1 in. in diameter, the other measurements being in proportion. 
L. e. armeniacum. 
In this we have one of the most refined, perhaps, of the 
forms, the flowers being soft orange-apricot, without spots or 
lamellae. The segments' are> therefore smooth and refined in 
character. 
L. e. artrosanguineum. 
Usually this is admitted to be 1 the best dark variety in 
existence, the flowers being of large' size and rich dark blood- 
red, with numerous small black spots on the lower half. The 
lamellae or ridges and the small raised points or papillae seem 
to be as strongly developed, if not more so, in this variety than 
in any other, although they are not by any means highly raised 
above the surface. 
L. e. citrinum. 
When obtained in its best and most distinct form this lias 
Lilium elegans Peter Bark. 
beautiful lemon-yellow colour, distinctly spotted on the lower 
half. The light colour of the segments has the effect of bring¬ 
ing out the spotting more clearly than in those that are more 
highly coloured. 
L. e. Van Houttei. 
As a sub-variety this would come under L. e. bicolor in 
having mere than one colour to the flower. The flowers are of 
a deep scarlet or crimson-scarlet, with a yellow blotch in tire 
centre, this sometimes being evident also at the tip of the 
segment. It is a. beautiful variety, but appears to be rare. 
L. e. Wilsoni. 
The flowers in this instance are more deeply cupped and loss 
spreading than in most of the forms, and of a beautiful apricot 
colour; with a. broad yellow band along the centre of the seg¬ 
ments, and spotted below the middle. It is a strong growing 
variety about 2 ft. high, with usually short and broad dark 
shining green leaves. 
