. The bulb book; or, Bulbous and tuberous plants for the open air, stove, and greenhouse, containing particulars as to descriptions, culture, propagation, etc., of plants from all parts of the world having bulbs, corms, tubers, or rhizomes (orchids excluded). Bulbs (Plants). Fig. ^^.—Lili%m ja'ponicum. (J.) A somewhat delicate species requir- ing protection in winter in unfavour- able localities. It is a good greenhouse LUy. L. Kelloggi.—A pretty Californian Lily, 3 to 5 ft. high, resembling L. Columhianum. Flowers delicate, pinkish purple, becoming deeper with age, banded with yellow and fine
. The bulb book; or, Bulbous and tuberous plants for the open air, stove, and greenhouse, containing particulars as to descriptions, culture, propagation, etc., of plants from all parts of the world having bulbs, corms, tubers, or rhizomes (orchids excluded). Bulbs (Plants). Fig. ^^.—Lili%m ja'ponicum. (J.) A somewhat delicate species requir- ing protection in winter in unfavour- able localities. It is a good greenhouse LUy. L. Kelloggi.—A pretty Californian Lily, 3 to 5 ft. high, resembling L. Columhianum. Flowers delicate, pinkish purple, becoming deeper with age, banded with yellow and finely dotted with maroon on the reflexed petals. From eight to twenty flowers are borne in a truss. {Gard. Chi-on. 1903, xxxiii. 422; Garden, 1901, i. f. 330.) L. Kewense.—This is a hybrid between L. Henryi and L. Brovini chloraster (Gard. 1900, Iviii. 99, f.). L. Kramer! (L. Elisabethm).—A distinct and free-flowering Japanese Lilium 3 to 4 ft. high, bearing sweet- scented pink flowers {Bot, Mag. t. 6058 j Elwes, Lil. t. 14). L. lankongense.—A species from Yunnan, West China (altitude 8000 to 9000 ft.), cldsely related to L. poly- phyllum. The slender downy stems are 1 to 2 ft. high, with narrow leaves about 2^ ins. long, and droop- ing long-stalked flowers white or purple, spotted with black, the seg- ments being reflexed from low down. L. Xieichtllni.—A fine Japanese species 3 to 4 ft. high, with drooping citron-yellow flowers heavily spotted with purple, the petals being rolled back, as in the Turk's Cap forms {Bot. Mag. t. 5673 ; Elwes, Lil. t. 39). There are a few forms, such as majiis, like the type but larger; platypetalum, with broad petals ; and tigrinnm, heavily spotted. L. leuoanthum,—A fine West Chinese Lilium (altitude 4000 to 5000 ft.), closely related to L. Browni, and at one time considered to be a variety of it (see Bot. Mag. t. 6722). It has large roundish bulbs and sturdy stems 3 to 4 ft. high, clothed with numerous lance-shaped leaves about 3 ins.
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