. 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). LILIUM THE BULB BOOK LILIUM L. auratum. Flowers 6 to 8 ins. across, pure white, in June and July. Japan. being more or less spotted with crimson; tricolor, very robust habit and large flowers without any brown dots, but with copious spots and Fio. 2'27.~LUium Alexandrce. L. auratum.—This is the " Golden Lil
. 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). LILIUM THE BULB BOOK LILIUM L. auratum. Flowers 6 to 8 ins. across, pure white, in June and July. Japan. being more or less spotted with crimson; tricolor, very robust habit and large flowers without any brown dots, but with copious spots and Fio. 2'27.~LUium Alexandrce. L. auratum.—This is the " Golden Lily of ; It grows 2 to 6 ft. high, and has ivory-white, flowers 9 to 12 ins. across, each petal having a broad bright yellow band down the centre, and numerous deep purple blotches on the inner surface, the basal portion being covered with stiffish purple hairs or papillae. (Bot. Mag. t. 5338; Fl. d. Serr. 1528, 31; Elwes, Lil. t. 15.) There are many forms of L. aura- tum, the best known being platy- phyllum, with richly-spotted broad- petaUed flowers about 1 ft. across; virginale, very similar but spotless; ruhro-vittatum, with a red band down the centre of the petals; Wittd, pure white, without spots, but banded with yellow, and sometimes tipped with reddish-brown ; pictum, finely spotted crimson-tipped petals; Parhma/wni, something like rvhro-vittatum, but Fig. 228.—Lilium auratum. L. Bakeri.—A native of the sandy woods of Washington Territory and S. British Columbia. It has ovoid bulbs exactly like those of L. cama- dense, about 5 ins. in circumference. The rather stout roundish stems are 2 to 6 ft. high, and the bright green lanceolate leaves are mostly in whorls. The orange-red flowers, about 1^ ins. long, are thickly spotted with maroon in the lower half. L. Bakerlanum.—This species is found at an elevation of 4000 ft. on the Shan Hills in Upper Burma, and at 6000 ft. in Yunnan, China. It grows 2 to 4 ft. high, and has narrow stalkless leaves, densely pu
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