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Floral Illustrations of the Seasons / Consisting of the Most Beautiful, Hardy and Rare Herbaceous Plants, Cultivated in the Flower Garden

Chapter 49: LILIUM Concolor.
By Margaret Roscoe
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A series of hand-drawn and engraved botanical plates paired with succinct Latin classifications and practical cultivation notes, arranged to follow the seasons. Each entry describes plant form, varieties, propagation and soil or exposure preferences, and suggests garden uses for hardy herbaceous ornamentals. The preface frames the volume as an accessible guide intended to encourage aesthetic appreciation and botanical study, particularly among women, by combining accurate description with visual representation.

Plate 28. Lilium concolor.
Drawn from Nature by M.R. Engraved by R. Havell Junr.

LILIUM Concolor.

Self-coloured Chinese Lily.

Class and Order.—Hexandria Monogynia.

Syn. Lilium Concolor. Par. Lond. tab. 47.
 — Lilium Concolor. Curt. Bot. Mag. pl. 1165.

Root bulbous, squamose—stem erect, leafy, two feet high or more—leaves alternate, nerved, sessile, linear lanceolate—peduncles axillary, one flowered—corolla bright scarlet, tube short—petals six, lanceolate, recurved when the flower is fully expanded—stamens six, shorter than the petals—filaments erect, anthers oblong, germen green, style thick, as if composed of three parts, stigma trifid.

This is one of the most beautiful species of the genus Lilium. It is rare, perhaps from the difficulty that attends its cultivation, the bulbs being extremely liable to be lost in the winter from severe frosts or damp; it is a native of China, and was introduced into this country in the year 1806. A sheltered situation, and light rich soil, mixed with bog, are necessary for it, and it is increased by off-sets, which are produced in tolerable abundance. All the species of Lilium are desirable for a flower garden.

L. japonicum. pyrenaicum.
— candidum. pomponium.
— bulbiferum. carolinianum.
— aurantiacum. tigrinum.
— Catesbœi. pumilum.
— philadelphicum. longiflorum.
— canadense. spectabile.
— superbum. croceum.
— chalcedonicum. prœcox.

Pl. 28.