. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. HARDY FLOWERS. 107 than in the type. L. pardalinum succeeds well in the Lily garden under the treatment recommended forL. canadense, and will also grow and flower well in porous loam, although peat or leaf-mould is to be preferred. A fair sight is it to see the tall stems swaying in the wind. L. pomponium is a very charming Lily, about 3ft. in height, with red flowers. In the variety Verum the colour of the flowers is bright scarlet. It is a good garden plant. L. pyrenaicum, from I he Pyrenees, lias
. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. HARDY FLOWERS. 107 than in the type. L. pardalinum succeeds well in the Lily garden under the treatment recommended forL. canadense, and will also grow and flower well in porous loam, although peat or leaf-mould is to be preferred. A fair sight is it to see the tall stems swaying in the wind. L. pomponium is a very charming Lily, about 3ft. in height, with red flowers. In the variety Verum the colour of the flowers is bright scarlet. It is a good garden plant. L. pyrenaicum, from I he Pyrenees, lias chrome yellow flowers, spotted black, with crimson anthers. This hand- some Lily is unpleasantly perfumed, which makes it useless for indoor decoration, and renders even the surrounding air in the open garden offensive to some people. It is the earliest of the garden Lilies, often opening in May in the Southern Counties. L. rubellum.—A new Lily from Japan, and not more than l8in. high. Its flowers are coral pink. It is an exceedingly beautiful Lily, and should it prove sufficiently hardy for general culture in the open garden, will undoubtedly take a high rank among the denizens of the Lily-bed, the pink L. Krameri not proving satisfactory in the hands of most cultivators. L. speciOSUITl, formerly known as L. lancifolium, a native of Japan, is from 2ft. to 3ft. high. There are about fifteen forms of this Lily, the best known being L. speciosum album, white ; Krsetzeri, white, with green band running from base to tip of petals ; punctatum, white, spotted pink ; roseum, white, stained rose and spotted with darker colour; rubrum, white, stained crimson and heavily spotted ; and Melpomene, crimson, spotted with maroon. If one Lily only is chosen, it should be this one, as it is so easily cultivated and seems less likely to be attacked by disease than any other. It may lie easily grown in pots or tubs, and kept year after year. Many a cottager has noble masses of it/ L. SUperbum
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