. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. A Prize Table Decoration. By Jos. A. S<-liiudler & New Orlfans. I-; Lllium Kelloggrll. This beautiful lily has an ovate bulb, five to six inches at the largest circumfer- ence, formed of slender, closely oppressed scales, and in every way resembling that of L. C'olumbiainun. The slender, grace- ful st:?m is from three to five feet high, and bears from three to 20 flowers. The leaves are sessile, all or nearly all in whorls of six or more, narrowly lan- ceolate in form, acute at the ajiex, and of a dark
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. A Prize Table Decoration. By Jos. A. S<-liiudler & New Orlfans. I-; Lllium Kelloggrll. This beautiful lily has an ovate bulb, five to six inches at the largest circumfer- ence, formed of slender, closely oppressed scales, and in every way resembling that of L. C'olumbiainun. The slender, grace- ful st:?m is from three to five feet high, and bears from three to 20 flowers. The leaves are sessile, all or nearly all in whorls of six or more, narrowly lan- ceolate in form, acute at the ajiex, and of a dark green color; the stem is dark green with purplish tints. The segments of the flower are close- ly revolu'^e, about two inches long and a little over half an inch wide. The ground color is a delicate pinkish pur- ple, darkening w'ith age, banded golden and finely dotted maroon. The stamens are not as long as the petals and the anthers are golden. The ripe capsule is oblong cylindrical. The flowers are very fragrant with a distinctive spicy fra- grance. Its flowers are as revo- lute as a Turk's cap lily, and in its pe- culiar fragrance it is a distinct depar- ture in lilies. It is not one of those lilies vhich are simply interesting, but it is really pretty. It comes from Hum- boldt county. California, where it grows in a rather compact, clayey soil on ridges in open redwood timber land among Inakes and underbrush. It was discov- ered by the writer and named after Dr Kellogg, an eminent Californian botanist of earlier days. In cultivation it has behaved unusually well in my Lyons valley lily garden, a place well adapted to most lilies. They were planted in a loose, well drained soil on a northerly slope in the open. The first year gave a fair bloom while the succeeding year nearly every plant flowered well. While among the wild plants one bearing eight flowers was exceptional, one in my gar- den had 20 and very many over eight. Cari, Purdy. Fort Wayne. Ind.—The Fort W
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