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with a slight protection. The compost that 1 have recom¬ 
mended for the bed, will answer well if it is to be grown in a pot; 
—but mj wish is to see this grown along with the others in a bed, 
where I have not the slightest doubt that it will answer, though it 
has been hitherto grown in the greenhouse. I hope to live to 
see the day when some spirited florist will undertake to cultivate 
those beauties in the way that I have recommended ; .and I am 
confident he will be well recompensed for his trouble, by having 
a most splendid show of flowers, more than equal to the finest 
tulip bed. 
Lilium Speciosum Album. —This is another splendid variety of 
the preceding, the flowers being pure white, and of the same form, 
with very dark green and glossy leaves. This rises to the height 
of three feet and a half. It has flowered at the Tooting nursery. 
It is a native of Japan. 
Lilium Speciosum Punctatum.— This is also another variety 
having white flowers with dark red spots. It is a very scarce 
variety, and very beautiful, and rises to about four feet in height, 
with dark green glossy leaves. It is also a native of Japan. 
Lilium Speciosum Rubrum. — This variety is very near roseum, 
but is more red. Still it is a beautiful variety. Its height is 
about three feet. All the varieties of this species flower about 
September. 
Lilium Superbum. —This species grows to the height of six 
feet, and is a beautiful plant. The colour of its flower, a light 
orange. Flowers from June to August; a native of North America. 
Lilium Tigrinum. —The tiger-spotted lily. This plant grows 
to the height of six feet, and is very beautiful; it flowers from 
July to September ; a native of China. 
Lilium Lancifolium/— The colour of this is orange ; it flowers 
from July to August, and is a most beautiful species. Its 
height is four feet; a native of Japan. 
Lilium Philadelpiiium. —The height of this is five feet j the 
colour of the flowers is scarlet; it is a native of North America, 
and flowers from July to August. 
Lilium Glabrum. —The height of this is four feet; it flowers 
from June to August, and is a native of Germany. The colour 
of the flowers is orange, 
Lilium Chalcedonicum. —The colour of the flowers of this is 
scarlet; and it is a native of the Levant; the height is four feet. 
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