Most of the _Martagons_ are remarkable rather for the number of their blossoms than for the size of the individual flowers. There are, however, many exceptions to this; _Lilium Monadelphum_ bears blossoms in large numbers, but the individual flowers are large and showy. _L. Medeoloides_ and _L. Avenaceum_ bear but one or two blossoms of small size. The prevailing colours of the flowers of the _Martagons_ are yellow, orange and red. A few are purple, and one rare variety of the common _Martagon_ is white. In a former article we sub-divided this group of lilies into several smaller sections. We do not advance any scientific reason for so classifying them. The divisions are adopted merely for convenience of description. The first of our sub-divisions is the group of lilies which we have called _True Martagons_. This group contains ten species. In all the members except one the bulb is perennial, and does not bear a rhizome. They are all natives of the Old World, being for the most part natives of Central Europe. The leaves of the true _Martagons_ are narrow, but vary in width from those of _L. Martagon_, which are three-quarters of an inch across, to those of _L. Tenuifolium_, which are scarcely more than the tenth of an inch wide. In some species the leaves are arranged in whorls, in others they are scattered. The flowers of this group of lilies are mostly small but numerous. In all except _L. Hansoni_, _L. Avenaceum_, and _L. Medeoloides_, the segments of the perianth are very revolute, which fact has given to these lilies the name of “Turk’s cap,” from the resemblance of the fully-opened blossom to a turbaned cap. The true _Martagons_ are among the easiest of the lilies to cultivate, but they have one or two peculiarities which would seem to negative this statement. For instance, these lilies very much dislike being meddled with. Consequently they rarely do well the first year they are planted. It is very annoying after having bought fifty bulbs of _L. Pomponium_ not to have a single blossom the first season. But you have only got to wait until the bulbs have established themselves, when they will flower year after year and increase at a prodigious rate. All the true _Martagons_ like a cool loamy soil. On the whole they object to peat. Many kinds, as the common _Martagon_, for instance, like chalk, and are seen to perfection when grown in heavy loam on a limestone bottom. The heavy, black loam of London suits the _Martagons_ very well, and we have seen these lilies in greater perfection in suburban gardens than anywhere else.