. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. L iliacea:—L iliuiii. 505 9 inches long. L. longiflbruvi proper grows frum 1 to 2 feet, has broader leaves and usually solitary flowei's ; and L. WaUichMnum, syn. L. Japonicum (of Don, not of Thunberg), is a distinct robust form attaining a height of 4 to 6 feet, and usually solitary very large yellowish-white sweet-scented flowers. L. longifiorum and L
. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. L iliacea:—L iliuiii. 505 9 inches long. L. longiflbruvi proper grows frum 1 to 2 feet, has broader leaves and usually solitary flowei's ; and L. WaUichMnum, syn. L. Japonicum (of Don, not of Thunberg), is a distinct robust form attaining a height of 4 to 6 feet, and usually solitary very large yellowish-white sweet-scented flowers. L. longifiorum and L. eximium are natives of Japan and China, and are hardier than the others, which are from the mountains of India. 4. L. Japonicum, Thunberg, syn. L. oddrimi. — An erect glabrous species from 1 to 2 feet high with from 12 to 20 scattered oblanceolate 5- to 7-nerved spreading leaves nar- rowed towards the base, and 1 to 3 sub-erect flowers. Perianth 6 to 9 inches long, narrowed gradually t(j the base, pure white tinged with purple externally. Filaments shorter than the periq,nth; pollen reddish-yellow. A native of China and Japan. L. Brownii is probably a luxuriant form of this with the stem and flowers tinged with purple. L. Kepalense is an allied Indian species, and is very rare if still in gardens. 5. L. cdndklum (fig. 247).—This is the common White Lily of our gardens, and one of the very oldest in cultivation. It grows from 4 to 6 feet high with several pearly-white flowers and yellow anthers. It is a native of the South of Europe, and hardy in this country. L. pere- rjrlnum is considered to be a slender form of this with rather smaller flowers. There is a double-flowered variety, and another, called stria- tum, has the flowers striped and spotted with purple. But the most remarkaljle, though more curious than beautiful, is. Fjg. 247. Liliuu] candidum. (J nat. size.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enha
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