Chapter I: Lilies That Flourish in Ordinary Good Garden Soil, or Better Still,

IN STRONG LOAM THAT HAS BEEN DEEPLY DUG AND ENRICHED WITH WELL-DECAYED MANURE IN ADVANCE.

_Alexandrae_, 2 to 3 feet high, with pure white flowers, 6 to 8 inches across in July and August.

_Batemanniae_, 3 to 5 feet high, flowers rich apricot, 4 to 5 inches across.

_Bulbiferum_, 2 to 4 feet high, with erect crimson flowers spotted with brown; May and June.

_Candidum_, the well-known "Madonna Lily," 3 to 5 feet high, with sweet-scented pure-white flowers, 3 to 4 inches across, and ten to thirty on an erect truss in June. When subject to disease in any locality, it is almost useless attempting to grow this Lily. (See Plate 16, fig. 64).

_Chalcedonicum_, a fine "Turk's Cap" Lily, 2 to 3 feet high, with drooping bright scarlet flowers in July and August; there are several varieties, including _maculatum_, a spotted one.

_Croceum_, the "Orange or Saffron Lily," with somewhat cobwebby stems 3 to 6 feet high, and golden orange, funnel-shaped flowers, spotted with purple at the base; June and July. (See Plate 17, fig. 67).

_Dalhansoni_, a pretty hybrid between _dalmaticum_ and _Hansoni_, about 5 feet high, with dark brownish-purple flowers in June and July.

_Dauricum_ or _davuricum_ grows 2 to 3 feet high, and has orange-scarlet flowers spotted with blackish-purple.

_Henryi_, 3 to 6 feet high (sometimes much taller) with jagged-surfaced orange-red flowers from July to September.

_Marhan_, a lovely hybrid between the white-flowered _Martagon_ and _Hansoni_. It grows 4 to 5 feet high, and has clear orange-yellow flowers with red-brown streaks and spots.

_Pomponium_, a fine "Turk's Cap" species, 2 to 3 feet high, with drooping, bright-red, orange-yellow, flowers.

PLATE 24. LILIUM TIGRINUM (90) BRODIAEA BRIDGESI (91)

_Pyrenaicum_ is closely related to _pomponium_, but is somewhat taller, and has bright-yellow flowers, blotched with crimson at the base (see Plate 18, fig. 71).

_Rubellum_, a beautiful species about 2 feet high, with bell-shaped rosy-pink flowers in June (see Plate 26, fig. 97).

_Testaceum_ (or _excelsum_), a fine Lily, 5 to 6 feet high, with somewhat drooping, soft, buff-yellow or apricot-coloured flowers, dotted with orange-red.

_Umbellatum._ A number of Lilies are grouped under this name, being apparently hybrid varieties between _croceum_, _davuricum_, and _elegans_. The prevailing colours are orange, orange-red, and apricot, with darkly-spotted and unspotted forms.

_Washingtonianum_ grows 3 to 6 feet high, and has sweet-scented, drooping, funnel-shaped flowers of a pure white tinged with lilac or purple. The soil should be particularly well-drained for this Californian Lily.