The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1012, May 20, 1899 — John Shaqi
The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1012, May 20, 1899Various
General
The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1012, May 20, 1899
Various
Children's literature -- Periodicals
In Ireland this lily is the national emblem of the Orangemen; and when
travelling in that country you can tell, so we have been assured, the
political opinion of the owner of a house by observing what lilies he
grows in his garden. The Orangemen are said to grow none but the orange
lily, while the rest of the population cultivate only the Madonna lily
(_L. Candidum_).
A variety of _L. Croceum_ named _Chauixi_ is of a bright yellow colour,
and is finer than the type.
This lily is found wild in various parts of Central Europe. It has
been in cultivation for centuries; but lately it has almost lost its
place as a garden lily, having been discarded in favour of some of the
varieties of _L. Davuricum_, which are much cheaper, but nothing like
so fine.
The term _L. Umbellatum_ is applied to certain varieties and possibly
hybrids of _L. Croceum_ and _L. Davuricum_.
A very similar species is _Lilium Davuricum_, a native of Siberia. The
wild plant rarely bears more than two blossoms on each stem; but in
cultivation flower-spikes of twenty or more blossoms are not uncommon.
_L. Davuricum_ is frequently grown in gardens. There is a large number
of named varieties of this lily, but all the forms are very similar,
and in no way deserve separate names. The plant grows to about four
feet high, and produces from four to thirty flowers of a dirty orange
colour.
_Lilium Bulbiferum_ very much resembles the lilies we have just
mentioned, but it may be at once distinguished from any other
_Isolirion_ by the bulblets which are formed in the axils of the
leaves. These bulblets are large and purple in colour. Not very
uncommonly bulblets form in the axils of the leaves of _L. Davuricum_
or _L. Elegans_; but when they do, they are small and green.
The blossoms of _L. Bulbiferum_ are like those of _L. Davuricum_ on a
smaller scale. The same upright position, the same poorness of form,
and the same dirty orange colour, which is so persistent among the
members of the group _Isolirion_, are present in both. But the blossoms
of _L. Bulbiferum_ are distinctly smaller than are those of _L.
Davuricum_.
If the lilies we have just described are not particularly remarkable
for beauty, they are, nevertheless, very desirable subjects for the
flower garden. They are showy, extremely hardy, flower in early
June, when showy flowers are rare, and readily increase when once
established. _L. Elegans_ looks best planted in rows and borders, its
low growth suiting it admirably for such treatment.
These lilies will grow anywhere, in any soil. A little peat and sand
should be mixed with the soil in which these lilies are planted.
Although they will grow well enough in pots, these lilies are quite
worthless for pot culture.
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