LIIILYVICIK, Alit. In Dickens's Nicho/as Siekleby, the uncle of Ali's. Kenwigs. Ile is a pompous collector of Ile marries an actress, who first henpecks him and after wards leaves him.
LILY (.18. lilige, from Lat. /ilium, front Xciptov, /cirion, lily), ',ilium. A large genus of bulbous plants of the natural order Liliavele, containing many species prized for their size and the beauty of their flowers. The bulb is scaly, the stem herbaceous and simple, often several feet tall; the flowers, borne at or near the summit, bell-slipped, the segments of the perianth often tellexed. The NIllifiv lily ea tilliduni ), a native of the Levant, and long cultivated in gar dens, has large, erect, pure white flowers. The orange lily (Lilium belbiferum), a native of the south of Europe. with large, erect, orange-col ored flowers, is a well-known and very showy ornament in llower-gardens. The Turk's-eap lily (Lilian), ilart000n), a native of the south of Europe, and allied species with verticillate leaves and drooping flowers, are also common in gardens. The tiger-lily tigrinum). 'native of China, is remarkable for the axillary buds become detached and take root to form new plants that flower in from two to three years. Some very fine species are natives
of North America, as Cilium super/non. which grows in low ground in the United States. has a stem three to seven feet high, and retlexed orange flowers, spotted with black; Lbuzfe ("await-vise, etc. Several very tine species have been intro duced from Japan, as Lilian) Japonieum, speeiosem, and Lilium loneifolium. Cilium rorelifolium is a magnificent species, native of the Ilimalayas. Lille))) longi/lornm, var. the Remind:1 Easter lily, is largely grown in greenhouses for winter blooming, especially for the Easter festival. The bulbs of several species are used as food in Oriental countries. Lilies arc distributed throughout the north temperate zone and are grown under various conditions of climate and soil. The plants require considerable moisture during their rapid growth, hut the soil must be well drained to prevent injury to the bulbs. They are propagated by offset bulbs and single scales. New varieties are 'grown from seeds. \Odell is rather a slow method of increase. See Colored Plates of LILIACE.E; CALIFORNIA FLORA.