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Sibthorp knew it only from cultivation. Hawkins made several other remarkable discoveries. For instance, he was the first to observe the horse chestnut, Aesculus hippocastanum, growing wild in the same general area. At that time it was already known in cultivation in central Europe, having presumably been introduced via Istanbul, but its native distribution is restricted to a rather small area in Greece and southern Albania. Lilium chalcedonicum was reported from “montis Parnassi sylvosis, et in insulâ Zacyntho” (the latter certainly in error), whereas L. martagon was said to grow “in montosis umbrosis Graeciae” without further specification. In Conspectus Florae Graecae (1904) – still the latest comprehensive Flora of Greece – Eugen von Halácsy listed Lilium chalcedonicum and L. martagon from several localities in the mountains of Sterea Ellas and Thessaly, and a new species, L. heldreichii, was added. The latter had been described by Freyn in 1880 from Mt Parnitha (Parnes) in Attica and was said to differ from L. chalcedonicum in the broader leaves and 1-flowered stem. As we shall see, however, the latter shows considerable variation according to the habitat and it is almost certain the L. heldreichii is nothing but a depauperate form of L. chalcedonicum. The white madonna lily, Lilium candidum, was reported “in rupestribus regionis montanae” as well as “frequenter colitur quoque in hortis”, indicating that it grows wild in the mountains and is also frequently cultivated. Finally, an interesting new species was added: Lilium albanicum, collected on Mount Smolikas in Epirus by the Italian botanist Antonio Baldacci. This species had been described already by August Grisebach in 1846, based on his own collection in 1839 from Scardus or Šar Planina, a large mountain range on the present border between Macedonia and Kosovo. It is a relatively small, early-flowering species with deep yellow flowers, growing in meadows at high altitude on non-calcareous substrate. A distinct new species, Lilium rhodopeum, was described as late as 1952 by the Bulgarian botanist Dimiter Delipavlov. It was reported from the Bulgarian side of the Rodhopi mountains and has subsequently been found also south of the border, growing in damp meadows at an altitude of 1300-1800m. It has a very restricted distribution and in rarely seen in cultivation. The five Greek species can be keyed out as follows: 1. Lower and middle leaves in whorls of 5-10. Buds more of less lanate to villous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. L. martagon – All leaves alternate. Buds glabrous or puberulent . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. 2. Flowers yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. – Flowers white or scarlet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. key continued overleaf 19
The five lilies of Greece. A: Lilium albanicum, B: L. candidum, C: L. martagon, D: L. chalcedonicum, E: L. rhodopeum. 20 3. Perianth segments 8-12 cm, moderately recurved from a slender base, lemon yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. L. rhodopeum – Perianth segments 3-4 cm, strongly recoiled, deep yellow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. L. albanicum 4. Perianth segments white, only slightly recurved. Inflorescence raceme-like. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. L. candidum – Perianth segments scarlet, distinctly recurved. Inflorescence umbel-like or flower solitary . . . . .4. L. chalcedonicum 1. Lilium albanicum This is a member of the L. carniolicum complex, and is sometimes regarded as a subspecies or variety of the latter. Taken in a wide sense L. carniolicum extends from the SE Alps through mountains of the Balkan Peninsula southwards to the Pindos, with closely related taxa in NE Anatolia and the Caucasus. Greek Photos not to scale
Page 1 and 2: LILIES and Related Plants 75 TH ANN
Page 3 and 4: Lilies and Related Plants Published
Page 5 and 6: Royal Horticultural Society Lily Gr
Page 7 and 8: Contents Alisdair Aird by Harris Ho
Page 9 and 10: Gennady Firsov, PhD, is Senior Rese
Page 11 and 12: the Lyttel Cup. When I mentioned th
Page 13 and 14: Dee Simmons and her husband Martyn
Page 15 and 16: But, now that she is gone, how shou
Page 17 and 18: Lilium dauricum at Hamatonbetsu on
Page 19 and 20: Above left, Lilium callosum var. fl
Page 21 and 22: var. abeanum is a case in point, or
Page 23 and 24: Two of Derek Fox’s lily cultivars
Page 25: 18 The lilies of Greece Arne Strid
Page 29 and 30: The natural distribution of Lilium
Page 31 and 32: Right, Lilium chalcedonicum, indivi
Page 33 and 34: gracefully curved, bright lemon yel
Page 35 and 36: 28 A brief history of the RHS Lily
Page 37 and 38: Greece . . . . . . . . . . S.C. Atc
Page 39 and 40: initiate a programme of chromosone
Page 41 and 42: Faced with this continuing situatio
Page 43 and 44: Hence this review… We are extreme
Page 45 and 46: TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHER Consider the
Page 47 and 48: TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHER Lilies Derek
Page 49 and 50: well established. Therefore almost
Page 51 and 52: growing plants in a climate that ha
Page 53 and 54: Lily Year Books The Year Books of o
Page 55 and 56: Institute became more and more conc
Page 57 and 58: Above left, ‘Descant’, Top righ
Page 59 and 60: visitors at New Mill, often summone
Page 61 and 62: A group of North Hybrids sent to Br
Page 63 and 64: 56 Dr A.F. Hayward (1933-2006) Dr T
Page 65 and 66: Lily ‘Connecticut King’, the cu
Page 67 and 68: Lilium regale and asiatic hybrids f
Page 69 and 70: European and Middle Eastern lilies
Page 71 and 72: A group of asiatic hybrids and two
Page 73 and 74: growing in half shade, so I have no
Page 75 and 76: 68 Alisdair Aird Harris Howland wri
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70 On the road in search of lilies
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Mount Shasta, rising to 14,162ft wa
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iver whose broad meanders we had cr
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76 North American Pacific Coast lil
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somewhat decadent, in that we parke
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Left, Erythronium multiscapoideum f
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or Cliftonii Group in gardening cir
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Above, Erythronium propullans. The
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Trumpet lilies Walter Erhardt write
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Two beautiful trumpet hybrids. Abov
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Commercial lily production in tunne
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Table 2: Perth Long-term Averages J
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We also use a combination of cow ma
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Table 3: Lilium Varieties continued
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for making of barragons, a genteel
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ulbs soon. I have seen this lily gr
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suggestion that White grew or certa
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Geographic location The territory o
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Left, Fritillaria ruthenica growing
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Threatened species As a result of o
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Tulipa biebersteiniana in the Fomin
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ees and butterflies in the air, and
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Above, a large population of gladio
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glades at places Berezniki (environ
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Dubrava, in upland oakwoods, alder
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villages. These include Scilla sibi
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The International Lily Registrar Ka
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of Wester Ross beyond an ever-chang
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Allium angulosum 114 decipiens 114
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(Lilium) ‘Prunotto’ 96 pseudoti
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