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THE OAR DELING WORLD. 
August 20. 1904. 
but in our opinion they only recall the last-named glorious Lily 
in a very feeble way. It would be premature to come to a 
full conclusion as to the value of this new Chinese Lily for 
decorative purposes; but, as 'a rule, Lily bulbs very soon display 
their capabilities when planted out in gardens. 
Several other very distinct type® belonging to the Martagon 
section also flowered over a considerable period dming June 
and July. The Scarlet Pompon or Little Turk’s-cap Lily was 
one of the earliest of this group*, ami the scarlet flowers, 
speckled with black, are closely rewolute in the same way as L. 
Martagon. It bearsi a, considerable superficial resemblance to* 
L. chalcedonicum, the Scarlet Martagon or Scarlet TurkVcap 
Lily, but the latter blooms much later, and is very distinct in 
its foliagei and other respects. The leaves of the Scarlet Mar¬ 
tagon are broader, more erect, and hug the stem, while the 
Scarlet Pompon has more slender, recurving leave® and long 
pedestals to the individual flowers'. Both of them are very 
choice and valuable for garden decoration. We cannot omit 
mention of the Nankeen Lily (L. testaceum) which was derived 
from. L. candidum x chalcedcnioum, thus, connecting two en¬ 
tirely different sections of Lily. The very palei yellow-red or 
Nankeen-yellow flowers are quite distinct from any other, and 
the 'hybrid is well worthy of being added to every collection 
on account of itsi vigorous habit and free flowering character. 
Two other Lilies, belonging to the Martagon section, 
flowered in the gardens during July. These are L. canadensei 
and L. Gravi. The segments of both of these are so little 
recurved, if at all, that they are just on the bordeiTnds, of the 
section. The less common, one was L. Grayi, which carried 
from one to seven flowers,, according to the strength of tire 
plant, the latter" being a very vigorous specimen, with the, 
flowers arranged in two superposed umbels. The funnel-shaped 
flowers are drooping in the early stage, but rise, into a hori¬ 
zontal position when in perfection, and are of deep; crimson- 
red and thickly spotted all over with brownish-crimson. The 
tips of the segments in this species cannot be said to 1 recurve 
at all. Though not at all a gorgeous nor conspicuous Lily, it 
is certainly pretty and interesting. 
The erect flowering Lilies, belonging to the section Isoliriom, 
are very'important from a garden point of view, and furnish 
a large number of very beautiful Lilies, which, a® a rule, are 
not difficult to cultivate. They belong to, the earliest flowering 
section,, but give a succession, over a, considerable period of 
time during June and July. One of the most common would 
be L. dauricum, with large, expanded red flowers, with the face 
directed skywards. For some years past there has been an 
endeavour on the part of the, Dutch growers to, make two 
specie® out of this, the second one being named L. umbellatum, 
and generally, though not always, characterised by having a, 
pyramidal bunch of flowers arranged in two umbels, one above 
the other. . Close examination of the flowers belonging to, the 
two different types makes it difficult to. place an absolute 
distinction between, them, and the conclusion, we arrive at is 
that L. umbellatum* is merely a vigorous garden form of the 
Siberian red Lily, which owes its character chiefly to cultiva¬ 
tion. Another point of more importance is that some of the 
varieties have long and narrow segments, while others have 
the inner segments very much broader and overlapping. From 
a garden point, of view, this latter form, whatever the colour, 
is certainly a distinct advantage, and one that, should always 
have, the preference for beauty of form and effectiveness. A 
fine form is that named L. umbellatum maculatum, with san¬ 
guineous red base- and a yello-w-blotch on the centre. 
L. elegans is readily distinguished from L. dauricum by its 
dwarfer habit and short, glossy green leaves. Soane, splendid 
varieties of it bloomed during July, including L. e. aurantia- 
cum, with rich orange flowers; L. e. atrosanguineum, with 
dark, blcod-red flowers; and L. e. incomparahile, with dark 
red flowers. All of these varieties are notable for the great 
breadth of the inner segments of the flowers. One of the 
prettiest is; L. e. Batemanniae, which bears from one to nine 
flowers on a stem of a beautiful rich but soft orange, without 
speck or spot. It, has not done well this year, because the 
Azaleas, amongst which it is* planted, have overgrown it. L. 
croceum flowered well. A very uncommon Lily is L. philadel- 
phieum, which bears a solitary terminal flower 1 in. to 5 in. 
in expanse, of warm orange-red with a yellow spotted base to 
the, lamina. This Lily is notable for the conspicuous char¬ 
acter of the claw to 1 the segments. 
Of the Archlirion section it is needless to say much, as L. 
auratum, L. speciosum, and L. Hemyi usually flower well, in¬ 
cluding a number of varieties of the first two. 
The White Lily (L. candidum) has not flowered so well as 
last year, simply because it had been lifted, L. longiflorum 
and several of its varieties usually give some fine flowers, but 
in this country it is not a long-lived Lily, being apt to die out. 
In a bed labelled L. Browni are; a few plants of the typical 
form, but several others in tbei bed differ by having shorter 
leavesi and more expanded flowers less* highly coloured on the 
outside of the tube. It would seem as if the species was liable 
to vary in a state of nature, otherwise the cultivators, including 
the Japanese, have been crossing this with L. japonicum. What 
is: now regarded as the typical form of the last-named was 
formerly known as L. Frameri in this country, but the 
originally described form of Thunberg had its flowers more cr 
less tinted with purple or rose. This is easily distinguished 
from L. Browni by it® more expanded and rosy-pink flower.-, 
but there are other so-called varieties in which we seem to 
discern intermediate links between the typical L. japonicum 
and L. Browni. The colours of these t wo seem interchangeable 
between thei two species. The dainty little L. rubellum is 
clo clv allied to L. japonicum, but lias much smaller flowers 
and blooms earlier. 
Hybrid Phaius with Parents. 
(Nee Supplement.) 
The subject of our supplementary illustration on this occa¬ 
sion consists of some fairly well-known species and varieties 
of Phaius, together with hybrids! which have been produced 
from them by primary or secondary crosses. They form a 
group, of interesting, showy, and stately terrestrial Orchids 
which bloomed last spring in the collection of Norman C. 
Cook son, Esq., Oak wood, Wylam-on-Tyne. 
The central plant at the top of the plate is P. Blunrei san- 
derianus, often considered a ,species. It is a, very vigorous 
growing plant, throwing up* flower-scape® to a height of I ft, 
to 8 ft., bearing a racemiei of very handsome flowers, the sepals 
and petals of which are of a rich bronze', and glossy. Most of 
the lamina of* the lip, is 1 white, while the throat deepens to a 
dusky rose. Beneath this plant, are two, flowers of P. simulans, 
Poke, and on the lower right-hand corner three others, formerly 
known as P. tuberculceus, until another one was more re*- 
cemtly introduced and considered to* be the true P. tuberculcsus. 
The plant, to, which we refer by P. simulans is one with long 
and creeping rhizomatous stems. The wealth of colour to be 
found in this species is not easy to describe. The sepals and 
petals are; white, while the lip is made up of a varied arrange¬ 
ment of white, rose, orange, yellow, crimson and purple, often 
inter blended in an intricate way. It, is certainly a. veiy gor¬ 
geous species, but rather difficult to cultivate. This does not 
apply in the same way to the hybrids of which it forms one of 
the parents, so that in this we have an excuse for raising plants 
in gardens in this way. 
On the extreme left and extreme right of the picture are 
large racemes of P. Norman, raised between the above-named 
parents and characterised by the; extraordinary vigour of the 
foliage and flower-stems. During the spring months groups 
of P. Norman often appear in the exhibits at. various spring 
shows throughout the country, and are usually particularly 
plentiful at the meetings of the R.H.S. at Westminster. This 
would show either that the; plants are veiy easily increased, 
or that a large number of seedlings have been brought-into 
