. 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. 229.—LiZium BaTcerianum. (J.) L. Bolanderi. — A Californian species, Ij to 3 ft. high, with ob- lanceolate leaves mainly in four whorls of twelve to fifteen, and bearing deep crimson, dark spotted, funnel-shaped flowers, something like L. Grayi {Garden, Oct. 1890). —A magnificent Japanese Lilium, 2 to 4 ft. h
. 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. 229.—LiZium BaTcerianum. (J.) L. Bolanderi. — A Californian species, Ij to 3 ft. high, with ob- lanceolate leaves mainly in four whorls of twelve to fifteen, and bearing deep crimson, dark spotted, funnel-shaped flowers, something like L. Grayi {Garden, Oct. 1890). —A magnificent Japanese Lilium, 2 to 4 ft. high, with purple- spotted stems, and horizontal, tubular beU-shaped flowers 6 to 9 ins. Fig. 230.—Lilium Bnwni., pure white with a purple line down the centre of the three inner petals, the whole being suffused vnth purple outside (Fl. d. Serr. t. 47). There are a few forms such as chloraster, odorum, platyphyllwn, and viridu- lum. D. bulblferum. — A Well - known species 2 to 4 ft. high, with erect crimson flowers spotted with brown, and shading off to orange-red. Shiny black bulbils are borne freely in the axils of the leaves. Europe. (£ot. Mag. tt. 36, 1018 ; Ulwes, Lil. t. 23.) L. Burbankl.—A hybrid between L. pardalinum and L. Washingtoni- anum, with orange - yellow flowers spotted with purple. L. callosum.—A native of China and Japan. Flowers drooping, orange- scarlet, Ij ins. long, borne in clustered racemes on stems 2 to 3 ft. high. (Fl. d. Serr. t. 230; Mwes, Lil. t. 41.) L. canadense {L. pendvliflorum).— Flowers, drooping, funnel - shaped, varying in colour from bright orange- yeUow to pale bright red, the upper half being heavily spotted with purple brown {Bot. Mag. t. 800). There are varieties known as rvbrum, parvum, and flavum. Canada. {Bot. Mag. tt. 800, 6146; Elwes, Lil. t. 27.) L. canadense is often confused with L. superium. but is quite distinct from it. L. candldum.—This is the well- known pure white Madonna Lily of S. Europe, Asia M
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