. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. LILIUM AURATUM. ceeds two feet in height. The blos- soms are nodding, rich deep scarlet outside and inside. It is easily culti- vated in any cool rich moist soil. It flowers about June 25. L. testaceum, the Nankeen lily, is generally supposed to be of hybrid or- igin. This lily has long been a favorite in gardens, and its nodding, creamy white blossoms, on stout stems from four to six feet high are remakably at- tractive. It unfortunately shows a marked tendency to be attacked by the dread lily disease with us, an
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. LILIUM AURATUM. ceeds two feet in height. The blos- soms are nodding, rich deep scarlet outside and inside. It is easily culti- vated in any cool rich moist soil. It flowers about June 25. L. testaceum, the Nankeen lily, is generally supposed to be of hybrid or- igin. This lily has long been a favorite in gardens, and its nodding, creamy white blossoms, on stout stems from four to six feet high are remakably at- tractive. It unfortunately shows a marked tendency to be attacked by the dread lily disease with us, and a colony we had of it for a few years, gradually dwindled away until last year, when not a single one appeared. We shall, however, plant it again. Its cultural success is worth contending for. I. tigrinum, the well known tiger lily, which has long been in cultivation, l>ut originally came from Japan and China, is perhaps the most easily grown and persistent of the whole genus. We often see it in fine con- dition In cottage gardens in cities, and in farmer's gardens in the country. The nodding bright red flowers, on stems three to five feet high are very showy. There are several distinct forms of this lily; Fortunel is per- haps one of the most beautiful. John Dunbae. Lllium Sulphureum. Large numbers of this striking lily are now being imported, and, in the days before the retarding of lily bulbs became general, the species would have been exceedingly valuable, owing to its late-flowering qualities. Its proper season of bloom is usually con- sidered to be summer and liite au- tumn, and I have had good flowers at Christmas, says a correspondent of the flowers for the season, and in the pe- riod between 1880 and 1890 consider- able importations reached this coun- try. These imported bulbs met with a ready sale, for they could, as a rule, be depended upon to flower well the first season, but not afterwards; In fact, L. Neilgherense never proved amenable to cultivation. It appe
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