The second of the drooping Eulirions is also yellow. It is a native of Nepaul and takes its name, L. Nepaulense, from its native place.
This lily in its growth resembles the other Himalayan lilies, especially Lilium Wallichianum. It is not very commonly grown in this country, but it is an interesting species and deserves more attention than it has received.
It grows at the height of five and ten thousand feet, and so should prove as hardy in our gardens as L. Giganteum has done. But its hardiness, as far as we are concerned, remains to be proved.
The flowers are about the size of those of L. Candidum, but are of a deep yellow colour, deeply striped and spotted on the interior with rich purple. The flowers are drooping and somewhat resemble those of L. Giganteum in form, but they are shorter, thicker and more revolute. We have never seen more than two flowers on one stem. It requires similar treatment to L. Wallichianum.
In The Garden for April 19th, 1890, was reproduced a plate of “Lilium Napaulense var. Ochroleuceum.” If this plate is accurate, this variety is indeed a fine lily, being yellowish-white on the exterior with a deep primrose inside. To our minds this plate recalls L. Brownii more than any other variety of lily that we are conversant with.
We must also go to a plate in The Garden for the last of the nodding Eulirions. This lily is L. Lowi, and hails from Burmah.
It resembles L. Nepaulense in shape and growth, but the flowers are white, densely spotted with rich claret-colour on the interior.
We have never seen the plant, and though we tried hard to obtain a bulb of this species we were unsuccessful in our quest. So of its culture we know nothing.
(To be continued.)