. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. LILIUM DD. Stem not croceum CO. Fl. smooth inside, or D. Lvs. broad lanceolate, crowded 17. elegans DD. Lvs. linear, scattered ..18. Catesbeei 13. Flulad61pliicum, Linn. Fig. 1279. Bulb annual, rhizomatous, small, with few thick, brittle scales: stem
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. LILIUM DD. Stem not croceum CO. Fl. smooth inside, or D. Lvs. broad lanceolate, crowded 17. elegans DD. Lvs. linear, scattered ..18. Catesbeei 13. Flulad61pliicum, Linn. Fig. 1279. Bulb annual, rhizomatous, small, with few thick, brittle scales: stem 1-3 ft. high, slender: lvs. 10-40, thin, glabrous, more or less whorled: fls. 1-t, terminal or umbellate, bright red, marked with scattered darker spots toward the From Canada to N. C. and west to the Rocky Mts. El. 17. 7:594. 10:976. 872 (as Pennsvl vanicum) and 579. P. A. 6. —i. »«OH^anM»«, Nelson, seems to be a western form,with broader lvs. i. Masseyi is a southern form, with narrower perianth segments. This is the most characteristic and widely distributed of our native Lilies. A charming wild flower. In fact, it is so acceptable simply as a wild flower that it has seldom been cultivated, though it takes readily to the garden. It is a very variable species. Some, at least, of the L. Davuricum, or L. Dahiiriciim, in the nursery trade be- longs with L. Philadelphicum, 14. cbncolor, Salisb. Bulb perennial, ovoid, small: stem slender, 1 ft. or more high: lvs. 20-30, scattered, lanceolate, obscurely 7-nerved: fls. 1-3, erect, 1-2 in. long, spreading, bright scarlet, un- spotted. Cliina. El. 18. of the best for garden cult.; thrifty and easy to grow. Of graceful, upright habit and good for cutting. Var. Slnioum, Hook. Taller, with larger bulb: fls. more numerous; perianth segments a little wider, bright scarlet with black spots. Southern Siberia. B M. 6005. 17:1628 (as L Buschianum). Var. puIcWUum, Baker. A slen der yellow-fld. v
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