Bulbs: a treatise on hardy and tender bulbs and tubers . ered. The accounts of its size, beauty, andfragrance, are not exaggerated. The credit of introducingthis splendid lily belongs to New England. It wasbrought from Japan in 18G0 by F. Gordon Dexter, Esq.,who placed it in the hands of Francis Lee, Esq., by whomit was bloomed in the summer of 1861. In the spring of18G2, Mr. Lee transferred it to Francis Parkman, Esq., azealous amateur, who exhibited it at the MassachusettsHorticultural Exhibition on the Btli of July of the sameyear, and described it in The Gardeners Monthly. Itwas bloomed in
Bulbs: a treatise on hardy and tender bulbs and tubers . ered. The accounts of its size, beauty, andfragrance, are not exaggerated. The credit of introducingthis splendid lily belongs to New England. It wasbrought from Japan in 18G0 by F. Gordon Dexter, Esq.,who placed it in the hands of Francis Lee, Esq., by whomit was bloomed in the summer of 1861. In the spring of18G2, Mr. Lee transferred it to Francis Parkman, Esq., azealous amateur, who exhibited it at the MassachusettsHorticultural Exhibition on the Btli of July of the sameyear, and described it in The Gardeners Monthly. Itwas bloomed in England this same year (18G2) for the firsttime. 168 THE LILY. L. venustum. — This beautiful species is often importedunder the names of 7v. testaceum, superhum^ and peregriniun;and sending for any of these to Holland will bring a goodsupply of L. venustum; and, indeed, one can scarcely havetoo many. The plant is hardy, grows well in any garden-soil, and produces large spikes of nodding buff or creamyorange flowers. It likes a rich soil not too The greenhouse species are of easy culture in loam andleaf-mould with a little sharp sand. They require largepots ; plenty of water, light, and air, while in growth ; and THE LILY. 169 are beuefited by waterings of weak manure-water. Amongthe tender species may be mentioned L. gujanteum^ avery line species from the Ilimahiyas, with large whiteflowers ; L. roseiim, with rosy-purple flowers, from India ;L. Thompsonianum, an Indian species, with rosy flowers ;L. WaUichianum, from Nepaul, with greenish-white flow-ers ; and L. concolor, a native of China, with brilliant redflowers. There are many other lilies in cultivation, and manyhybrids, to which it would be dillicult to assign their trueposition. Later years have shown many to be hardywhich were once reputed tender, and the future may showfurther progress in the same direction. The different species and varieties hybridize freely; andthere is no flower which presents greater att
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